GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 701469
Can't remove systems bookmarks (and Home system user folders)
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:54:08 UTC
User can't remove system folder and bookmarks in Nautilus - Music, Templates, etc. Bookmarks have gray menu element in context menu, and if user remove folder Music from Home - after restart this folder is created automatically again. And could be good to give a possibility change address (link) of this folders (Music, Videos...) to another physical location. For example, some users have music on another physical hard drive. You can visit this links - users looking for a solution: http://askubuntu.com/questions/79150/how-to-remove-bookmarks-from-the-nautilus-sidebar http://askubuntu.com/questions/75435/how-can-i-change-places-under-computer-in-nautilus?lq=1 http://askubuntu.com/questions/173443/how-do-i-remove-default-places-in-nautilus-3-5?lq=1 http://askubuntu.com/questions/284055/how-to-remove-default-folders-from-home-folder-sidebar?lq=1 Ubuntu, 13.04.
All of this is possible already, by editing the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs text file. In that file, we can change the address of these folders. Changing the address to $HOME/ will remove them from nautilus sidebar. Should nautilus provide UI to configure this? Also see bug 696318.
In my opinion, user must have simple solution for deleting this folders. Sometimes I need to reinstall my OS and format disk - I keep my music on another hard drive. ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs it's good, but why if we have option "remove" under context menu (right click on this bookmarks), and this point is not active for this folders (like in Windows :) Yes, I think, Nautilus should provide UI to configure this. Perfect world: When I remove this folder - dead links are deleted too. Thanks for making Linux ;)
*** Bug 755445 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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