How to make folders like "System Volume Information" or "RECYCLER" hidden, just like it is on windows?

I have this external hard drive, and I used it in windows, now that I use it on Ubuntu, and it is kind of annoying to see files like System Volume Information, so how can I make it hidden? Or how can I make any file hidden?

Just create text file .hidden on your external hard drive, and add folders you wish to hide, like this:

found.000
$RECYCLE.BIN
RECYCLER
System Volume Information

After that make sure to refresh the view (F5) and the folders should now be invisible.

PS. if you wish to see/hide hidden files/folders press Ctrl+H.

Although you can make any file/folder hidden by prepending a dot to his name, it is not a good idea to do so on files/folders that belong to another operating system, and that could turn the alien system unstable.

Nautilus, Ubuntu's file browser/manager, has a feature that allows hidding arbitrary files and folders without having to resort to changing their names:

Simply create a .hidden file in the root of the affected partition or directory, and list in there the names of the files you want to be hidden on Nautilus user interface.