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I found some .files in my home directory now. They are .local, .mozilla, .java, .Skype, .adobe and many more. They make my home directory messy. How to hide these files? They were not present before.

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  • I meant, you just need to press Ctrl+h to hide or unhide files. Be aware that most of this files/directories store important configurations, don't delete them.
    – schrodingerscatcuriosity
    Jul 5, 2019 at 20:02

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"Dot-files" are normally hidden when you request a listing of a directory. This is true for both GUI and CLI. You've toggled "Show/Hide Hidden Files" to show the files and directories and need to toggle to hide them.

Many Linux GUI File Managers/Browsers have this set to the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+h . You can press this combination to toggle to show/hide hidden files and directories.

Similarly, the ls command in a BASH terminal has the -a flag, which shows all files, without skipping these dot-files: ls -a.

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