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Is it possible to remove items from "System Settings"

rated 0 times [ 18] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 4520 / 1 Year ago, tue, march 14, 2023, 1:24:58

I would like to remove or disable some unused settings panels in system settings/gnome-control-center to keep my more "ambitious" users from messing with them.

Specifically, I would like to disable/remove the following:

Printers (because we don't have any attached to these machines)

Details (because it lets you set actions on removable media)

Keyboard (because it lets you set shortcut keys - not a dealbreaker)

This seems like it should be pretty straightforward (I can remove them from the Applications menu by setting Hidden=true in the .desktop file associated with the panel), but they stubbornly remain in System Settings when I do that.

Am I missing something, or are we stuck with these panels in the Settings application forever?

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answered 1 Year ago weamp · Accepted Answer

Given that changing the permissions accomplishes your goal, check out this magic:

dpkg-statoverride --update --add root root 640 /usr/share/applications/gnome-printers-panel.desktop

dpkg-statoverride --update --add root root 640 /usr/share/applications/gnome-info-panel.desktop

dpkg-statoverride --update --add root root 640 /usr/share/applications/gnome-keyboard-panel.desktop

You can remove the overrides with:

dpkg-statoverride --remove /path/to/file

(but note this won't reset the original permissions)