Security News > 2020 > August > How to hide files from any file manager on the Linux desktop
2020-08-13 21:44
Want to hide files and folders from your Linux desktop file manager? Jack Wallen shows you one handy method.
Those same files and directories will be hidden from the file manager unless you explicitly tell the file manager to show those secreted files.
Did you know there's another method to hide files and directories from desktop file managers-one that makes it such that you can hide standard directories away from sight, without having to prepend a. to the directory name? This can come in handy for directories that already exist, and you cannot change their names.
How to hide files and directories from the file manager.
You should no longer be able to see those files unless you instruct the file manager to reveal hidden files.