Disable Mount Icons in Ubuntu
Some people do not like their desktop cluttered with icons. Ubuntu by default shows all mounted volumes on the desktop. This tends to annoy certain people. This guide will show you how to disable them.
First we need to open Ubuntu’s terminal. Click “Applications”, “Accessories” and click “Terminal”. You should now see a window like this…
Copy & paste this text into the terminal:
gconf-editor
Your window now looks like this…
Now, press ENTER on your keyboard and this window will pop-up…
This is similar to the registry editor in Windows. Expand the “apps” folder then the “nautilus” folder.Your window will now look like this…
Click on the “desktop” folder. In the pane on the right, you should see a key named “volumes_visible”. Un-check the box that’s next to it.
The volume icons will no longer be visible on the desktop. No restart is required.
