remove trash icon from desktop

[UnWarierMage224]

Hi folks,

I think I put my trash icon on the desktop by dragging it down from the panels menu. I want to get rid of it because I have a trashcan icon in another panel. I can't highlight it and delete it because if I do I get some error "the specified location is not supported". I checked the desktop folder under my local folder (as sudo) and I checked the gconf-editor settings, of which the box to show the trash icon on the desktop is not checked.

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Thanks,

-'Mage

[RealPSL]

You are definitely on the right track, however you do not want to start gconf-editor with sudo. Just start it by typing ALT+F2 then entering

gconf-editor

in the editor.

Navigate to apps > nautilus > desktop > trash_icon_visible

Remove the check to remove the icon from the desktop.

[UnWarierMage224]

Ah, wonderful! That worked!

Thanks!

-'Mage