How to get rid of a stuck folder in the Finder’s toolbar

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I was trying to reorganize my desktop and had a folder dragging into another folder.

When I did this, the folder just got stuck in the toolbar and didn't copy over to the new location…

It's not a clickable button as if it were a favorites in the toolbar itself.

When I try to drag and drop it away from the toolbar, it doesn't work.

I then right clicked and went into "Customize Toolbar" and it wasn't in any of the lists for me to take it off.

Obviously its a 'favorites' feature, but how do I get the thing to get off all my finder toolbars now?

Best Answer

If dragging and dropping while holding down Command nor dragging the folder out after selecting Configure Toolbar works you can:

  1. Open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
  2. Go to NSToolbar Configuration Browser / TB Item Identifiers, identify the problematic folder. If it's the only folder in the toolbar, will be the only com.apple.finder.loc item. If not, identifying it is pretty straightforward.
  3. Delete that item, log out and then log back in.
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