How to remove Home Folder icon from desktop in Ubuntu 20.04?

Open the terminal and type the following command:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-home false

After you do this, the home folder icon should disappear from your desktop.


The easiet way would be to install the package.. gnome-shell-extension-prefs

Once you install the package, you can find the app in all apps..

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and then turning off the switch for "Show the personal folder in the desktop"

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Same thing can be achieved with gnome-tweaks also, If you already Installed gnome-tweaks


To remove both the trash icon and home icon:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-home false

and

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-trash false

No need to install any additional software