How to remove things from the task bar

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> on Mon, 2 May 2022
01:22:12 +0800

> On 2/5/22 2:48 am, Bob wrote:
> > Sorry that went out before I finished it.
> > 
> > The last few updates have added items to the task bar that I do not want there.
> > One is the 'trash' and the other is 'mount' for another partition.  There is no
> > "Remove from Favorites' selection so how do I remove them?  I want the 'trash'
> > on the desktop not the task bar and I do not want the 'mount' on the task bar
> > or the desktop.
> > 
> 
> What version of Ubuntu, are you using?

Thanks.  I am on 22.04.  See another message where to change the way the task
bar works.


> 
> On UbuntuMATE 20.10, I right clicked (non-dominant mouse button) on the 
> trash can icon in the taskbar, and it brought up a menu, in which the 
> "Remove from panel" was greyed out, so, I unchecked the "Lock to panel" 
> option, then the "Remove from panel" option was available for use.
>

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Robert Blair


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