Ubuntu – How to disable “recent files” folder in Nautilus

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When I turn off " record activity" in the privacy settings, my activities are still recorded in the "recent files" folder (even when I am using a truecrypt volume).

I haven't figured out a PERMANENT solution to this problem. It sucks to delete history via terminal manually and what happens if I forget?

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The method with editing ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini doesn't work with Nautilus 3.8. But there is better and simpler way. Simply open dconf-editor, navigate to org->gnome->desktop->privacy and uncheck the remember-recent-files key. That takes care of it, once for all!

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Type this command:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-sidebar false

It will change default nautilus configuration to doesn't show the sidebar.

If you want to come back to default behavior (nautilus with sidebar) you can simply set the previous setting to true:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-sidebar true

If you want more information on gsettings command you can read the manual:

man gsettings

I hope this could help you.

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I found a solution here.

Adding Environment=DISPLAY=:0 in the service file

/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-daemon.service

and reboot/relogin solves it.

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