How to get rid of desktop icons in Saucy

[Tom H]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 10/31/2013 01:09 AM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This morning when I booted up my laptop the Computer, Home and Trash
>>> icons
>>> appeared on the desktop, they were not there when I showdown.
>>>
>>> Googling has led to some old instructions that no longer apply.  I have
>>> installed Ubuntu-Tweak and dconfEditor.  I looked through all their
>>> settings
>>> and when the icons are mentioned they are either unchecked or off.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to get rid of them?
>>
>> It's Nemo.
>>
>> Look at "org.nemo.desktop" in dconf-editor.
>
> Thank you Tom, it was indeed Nemo.

You're welcome. The same thing happened to me when I installed Nemo; I
should've thought of mentioning this when I suggested that you install
it. Sorry.