# Hide Desktop Icons in 19.04

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [April 22, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813 "2019-04-22T00:50:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![openfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@openfield](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/openfield)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/1 "2019-04-22T00:50:03Z")

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Just installed 19.04 and it looks very sharp. I’m looking for a way to hide desktop icons, as was previously available in desktop settings. I might simply be missing it.

Thanks for any help!

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/2 "2019-04-22T13:38:38Z")

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Use the following:

```
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons false

```

logout and login

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**Author:** ![openfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@openfield](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/openfield)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/3 "2019-04-22T16:21:51Z")

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Thank you, that did it!

I’m not sure if this is the appropriate place for a feature request, but I really liked the ability to do that on a graphical interface, as I’m not as quick in the terminal. Thanks for listening, and for the solution via terminal!

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/4 "2019-04-22T18:09:28Z")

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Its something I am considering for the 20.04 LTS dev cycle. It all depends whether we stick with nemo-desktop for the desktop icons solution or another solution such as desktopfolder.

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/5 "2019-04-22T18:14:09Z")

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@fossfreedom @openfield I already have an applet for toggling desktop icons for nautilus for personal use. Just need to change a few chars for nemo. Post it?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/6 "2019-04-22T18:23:48Z")

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Sure. Think people will love that.

Obviously here I am talking about a patch the budgie-desktop-settings to re-enable the previous desktop tab but for Nemo etc.

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/7 "2019-04-22T18:25:29Z")

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> [@fossfreedom](#):
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> gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons false

Ah, ok. WIll post this one:  
 ![afbeelding](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/a/ab425b65198a5ac23ed92dd64ce93ff1933f6efe.png)  
in a sec.

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/8 "2019-04-22T18:47:57Z")

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@openfield might come in handy: an applet to toggle desktop icons. See the readme for setup: [https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/unreleased\_ready\_to\_use/toggledesktopicons](https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/unreleased_ready_to_use/toggledesktopicons)

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**Author:** ![ruwe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ruwe/32/2155_2.png) [@ruwe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ruwe)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/9 "2019-04-24T14:24:20Z")

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Tried it … really cool 🙂

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/hide-desktop-icons-in-19-04/1813/10 "2019-04-24T16:49:14Z")

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