How to get rid of desktop icons in Saucy

[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/01/2013 12:36 PM, Tom H wrote:
> 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.
>

No problem.  I always forget how involved with the desktop some file 
managers are in Linux.

Regards,  Jim