How to remove Home icon from desktop

[Tony Arnold]

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On 23/12/12 19:34, Florian Diesch wrote:
> Am Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:27:39 +0000 schrieb Tony Arnold
> <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>:
> 
>> Many versions ago, IO configured Nautilus to display a Home
>> directory icon on my desktop. This was done by selecting the
>> relevant option in gconf-editor
>> (/apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible).
>> 
>> Now I can't find how to remove this icon. In gconf-editor now,
>> the key mentioned above says 'This key has no schema' and
>> although the option is not ticked, the icon is still visible.
> 
> Use gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop home-icon-visible
> false at the command line
> 
> In Unsettings <http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/unsettings/> 
> you can switch off "Show Home" in the "Desktop" tab.

Thanks Florian and Marc. Solved my problem.

Regards,
Tony.
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