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Hide Ubuntu desktop icons

Hide the computer desktop icon

Check the current status:

gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.desktop computer-icon-visible

If the icon is visible, it will return true, to simply hide it, these settings needs to be false.

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop computer-icon-visible false

Hide the home desktop icon

Check the current status:

gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.desktop home-icon-visible

If the icon is visible, it will return true, to simply hide it, these settings needs to be false.

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop home-icon-visible false

Hide the network desktop icon

Check the current status:

gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.desktop network-icon-visible

If the icon is visible, it will return true, to simply hide it, these settings needs to be false.

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop network-icon-visible false

Hide the trash desktop icon

Check the current status:

gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.desktop trash-icon-visible

If the icon is visible, it will return true, to simply hide it, these settings needs to be false.

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop trash-icon-visible false