Is there any way to remove drive icons from the desktop?

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 20:58:52 +0000
Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 08:25:39PM +0100, jEsuSdA 8) wrote:
>> El 04/12/14 a las 19:16, Chris Green escribió:
>> >As per the subject, I have a drive icon for an NTFS drive which
>> >appears on my desktop that I would really prefer wasn't there.  Is
>> >there any way to hide it?
>> >
>> 
>> Desktop preferences > Icons
>> 
>> Disable all you need in "Default Icons" ;)
>> 
>That's too non-specific.  All you can do is remove the icon for
>'Removable Devices' which will prevent me from seeing any drive icon.
>I want to see USB drives and such when I plug them in, I just don't
>want to see this specific icon (which isn't for a removable drive
>really anyway).
>
>

As I recall, adding the drive to /etc/fstab to be mounted at boot
removed it from the desktop. 


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