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How do I remove the bookmarks for Pictures, Music, Videos, etc. from the Nautilus sidebar?
This is not a duplicate, as all the other variations of this question DO NOT work for version Ubuntu 18.04 (having tried them all) which is why I am asking this.
In order to achieve that.. you should edit the Nautilus source code and the nautilus.desktop file or using another file manager that allows this, such as nemo.
1) Make sure you have enable the Source code repository
Open a Terminal Window to update the repositories.
sudo apt-get update2) In the Terminal type the following to install the necessary packages.
sudo apt-get install build-essential quilt3) Install build dependencies.
sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus4) Create a folder to download the source code.
mkdir ~/Downloads/src
cd ~/Downloads/src
5) Download the source code & Export variables.
apt-get source nautilus
export QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches
export EDITOR=gedit
6) Create the patch and edit the source code.
cd nautilus-3.6.3/
quilt new my_custom_places.patch
quilt edit src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c
Custom Trash: To change the name of the Trash.You can change the strings in the lines 567 and 569.
eg: "Trash" to "Custom Trash" & "Open the trash" to "Open the Custom Trash"
Add Folder: In this example I will add the "Test" folder in my home directory /home/virtual/Test. (change the folder according to your needs)
After the line number 562 add the following:
/* add Test directory */
mount_uri = "file:///home/virtual/Test";
icon = g_themed_icon_new (NAUTILUS_ICON_FOLDER);
add_place (sidebar, PLACES_BUILT_IN,
SECTION_COMPUTER,
_("Test"), icon, mount_uri,
NULL, NULL, NULL, 0,
_("Open Test folder"));
g_object_unref (icon);
Remove Recent Files: To remove the Recent Files from the places... delete the lines from 525 to 534.
Save the changes.
7) Build the deb packages.
quilt refreshfakeroot dpkg-buildpackage8) Install the deb packages.
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i *deb
9) For system-wide..edit the nautilus.desktop file to add the folder eg:(/home/virtual/Test) in the quick list.
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktopChange:
Actions=Window;
To:
Actions=Test;Window;
Add:
[Desktop Action Test]
Name=Test
Exec=nautilus --new-window /home/virtual/Test
OnlyShowIn=Unity;
Before:
After:
10) Finally you can logout and Login to see the changes.
RESULT:
Hope this helps.
Best Answer
Edit the file:
and remove all the lines that correspond to the folders you want to remove from the sidebar. My end product looked like this:
replace 'username' with your username.