I can't disable showing drive's icons in Launcher bar. I have looked for that option both in CCSM (it used to be in Experimental tab) and in dconf-editor (desktop->unity) and it is missing.
How can I remove launcher drive icons?
8 Answers
(For Ubuntu 12.10 or above)
You are right that there used to be a setting in CCSM to configure the behaviour of mounts appearing in the launcher but that option has been removed in 12.10 at the moment. I can't confirm whether it will be added back again before it is released to the public. See bug report #1053704.
Currently, you only have two options: Either to show the mount drives on the launcher or to blacklist it from the launcher. You can't configure the setting depending on whether they are actually mounted or not.
So, if you want to remove it from the launcher, the only option you have is to blacklist it from the launcher.
Blacklisting it from the launcher is actually very simple. Right-click on the mount and select Unlock from Launcher.
Do remember that blacklisting it from launcher means you will never see it again in the future even if you mount it unless you reset the settings.
You can also blacklist the mounts using dconf-editor or gsettings command but that requires you know the UUIDs of the mounts.
If you are using dconf-editor, scroll down to com → canonical → Unity → devices and enter the UUID of the mount in blacklist.
If you want to use gsettings, you can use a command of this format:
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Devices blacklist "['UUID of your mount']"
Just use the UUID of your mount inside the square bracket and the single quote marks.
If you are not sure of the UUID of your mount, you can use this command:
sudo blkid -o list
It will display the partition number, their label (if any) with their UUID.
Now, if you want to reset the settings, run this command in a terminal:
gsettings reset com.canonical.Unity.Devices blacklist
Works with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
answered Oct 3, 2012 at 15:55
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3What about usb drives, phones, cameras ? They're constantly keeps showing in the launcher every time I connect them. I don't need this? Nov 30, 2012 at 10:56
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8Blacklisting might be OK for permanently attached storage, but USB drives etc still appear. I want as permanent solution to this problem for all types of drive and for installed programs would be nice too.– AndrewDec 17, 2012 at 8:13
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@AndrewHeath is correct, this doesn't work on USB storage drives and devices, every time they are plugged in, all the partitions and volumes icons are still automatically displayed on the launcher.– PeachyJan 2, 2013 at 7:01
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2One more detail. When you do 'Unlock from Launcher' (which does work) it is actually 'UUID-Label' in dconf rather than just 'UUID'. I'm not sure how it was in 12.10, but this is now the case for 13.04.– Pavel AMay 4, 2013 at 10:35
(For Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04)
- Install compizconfig-settings-manager if you haven't already.
- Run CompizConfig Settings Manager and navigate to the Unity plugin.
In the Experimental Tab, change the Show Devices combobox to Never.
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8The option is missing from ccsm in Ubuntu 12.10. It's not in Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.2 either.– BucicNov 21, 2012 at 17:53
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Install MyUnity by using sudo apt-get install myunity, then run MyUnity from dash and in the Launcher section, select Never from Show Devices Drop Down menu, That's it!
Open dconf-editor: Hit Alt+F2, type dconf-editor and hit Enter.
In dconf-editor goto: com ➤ canonical ➤ unity ➤ devices.
You will see blacklist with key ['UUID-Label']. Add your UUID and devices-Label in it.
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1The following answer goes more into detail: askubuntu.com/questions/195988/… Oct 28, 2012 at 0:34
To completely disable drive icons in the Launcher for all current drives and partitions, simply run the following command:
gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option --type=int 0
Note that this does not immediately remove any icons currently displayed in the Launcher; it simply prevents icons from appearing in the first place. Thus, any drive icons that appeared before executing this command will never re-appear once they are removed one time. Removal of an icon can be achieved, for example, by an unlock (via the icon's right-click menu) or restart of Ubuntu.
To re-enable drive icons, run the same command with a 1 instead of a 0 at the end.
This command has worked for me in both 12.04 and 14.04. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to prevent icons from appearing when I plug in external hard drives or flash drives via USB. Nonetheless, it does stop icons for my all of my primary hard drive's partitions from appearing.
I got the command from this answer to a similar question.
- Press Alt+F2 and enter
gconf-editor. - Navigate to
/apps/nautilus/desktop. - Deselect
volumes_visible.
(source)
IT isn't working for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. cant see apps/nautilus/desktop folder there. For that you need to install this
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Than follow attached images Below
To turn off showing mounts in the Ubuntu 22.04, I used the solution described here. It is as running following command in the terminal:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-mounts false
Launcher(the left-hand side vertical menu containing some applications)?