How to remove Home Folder icon from desktop in Ubuntu 20.04?

Solution 1:

Open the terminal and type the following command:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-home false

After you do this, the home folder icon should disappear from your desktop.

Solution 2:

The easiet way would be to install the package.. gnome-shell-extension-prefs

Once you install the package, you can find the app in all apps..

and then turning off the switch for "Show the personal folder in the desktop"

Same thing can be achieved with gnome-tweaks also, If you already Installed gnome-tweaks

Solution 3:

To remove both the trash icon and home icon:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-home false

and

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.desktop-icons show-trash false

No need to install any additional software 👍