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Ubuntu 22.04 how do I remove google drive from favorites

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1600 / 3 Years ago, sat, november 13, 2021, 5:27:37

Yesterday I updated to 22.04, which looks very nice.
There is one thing which I would like to change on my system.
On the Ubuntu dock is a link to Nautilus opening my Google Drive.
While having Nautilus access to my Google Drive is nice, I don't see that I will use it very often. Thus I would like to remove it from the dock (the access is available in nautilus itself, just above "Other locations".)

Nearly all icons on the dock have as one of the options "Remove from Favorites". The google drive link has only (in right click) New Window and Mount, with nothing about removing the icon.

So my question is: how do I remove this relatively useless icon? It seems clear that it is something which can be done, but how?

The link is the 3rd item, below Chromium.

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answered 3 Years ago algicuade · Accepted Answer

The item that you see in Nautilus is ruled by the Online Account in Ubuntu Settings. To manage its visibility you need to:

Open the Activities menu or the Application Grid menu and start typing "Online Accounts"

Click on Online Accounts to open the panel.

On the right side, select your Google account

Disable or enable the item called "File".

The item that you see in the Ubuntu dock is by the "Show mounted volumes and devices" option. You can disable it by running in a terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-mounts false

or enable it by running:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-mounts true

It's important to note that:

You can have both items (in Nautilus and in Ubuntu dock) enabled.

You can have both items (in Nautilus and in Ubuntu dock) disabled.

You can have the item in Nautilus and not in Ubuntu dock.

You cannot have the item in Ubuntu dock and not in Nautilus, because the icon in the dock will be visibile only if the Google Drive disk is set in Nautilus, nevertheless the value of "show-mounts" option.