Nautilus Always Opens Showing Hidden Files and Folders

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Sat Oct 4 20:58:27 UTC 2014


On 4 October 2014 21:53, Sajan Parikh <sajan at parikh.io> wrote:
> I don't know how it happened, or when it happened, but everytime I open
> Nautilus again, it shows hidden files and folders.  I hit Ctrl + H and hide
> them, but restarting brings them back.  Where am I to change this?
>
> Keep in mind, there are times when I will hit Ctrl + H to SHOW the hidden
> stuff, but by default I want them to stay hidden.

Edit > Preferences > Views, unclick Show hidden and backup files.

Colin




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