How to remove Home and Wastebasket from desktop in gnome?

Hi there!
Been searching around for a while and i can’t find where to remove these from my desktop?

Found this thread: Manjaro Gnome desktop home icon on the desktop
But it didn’t help me.

 ls -R $HOME/.local/share/applications/
/home/xxx/.local/share/applications/:
'DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine.desktop'  'Dwarf Fortress.desktop'   gnome-printers-panel.desktop

So i don’t know what to do next :man_shrugging:t2:

inxi -zv8

System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.14-x86_64
root=UUID=84a1c91e-ded2-47c1-ba21-26920a9d06cf rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.0 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C91 v: 2.0
serial:
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) v: 2.0
serial: uuid: UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: A.H0 date: 07/23/2024
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 72% condition: N/A volts: 3.9 min: N/A
model: Logitech G903 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse w/ HERO type: N/A
serial: status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 6.62 GiB (21.2%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3599 min/max: 550/4151 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3599 2: 3599 3: 3599
4: 3599 5: 3599 6: 3599 7: 3599 8: 3599 9: 3599 10: 3599 11: 3599 12: 3599
13: 3599 14: 3599 15: 3599 16: 3599 bogomips: 95998
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vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
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Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
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Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4080] vendor: CardExpert driver: nvidia
v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-04) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-3,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2704 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-3 model: Asus VG248 serial: built: 2016
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.651 y: 0.329 green:
x: 0.329 y: 0.624 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9
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1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: Gigabyte M32U serial: built: 2020
res: 3840x2160 dpi: 140 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678 y: 0.314 green:
x: 0.271 y: 0.627 blue: x: 0.145 y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 3840x2160, 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
1280x960, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1440x576, 1024x768, 1440x480, 800x600,
720x576, 720x480, 640x480
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 93 2: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 94 3: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 95 4: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 96 5: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 97 6: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 117 7: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 118 8: parse_edid:
unknown tag 112
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 15.62 GiB display-ID: :0.0
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: CardExpert driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bb
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: DSEA A/S EPOS H3PRO Dongle
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4.3:6 chip-ID: 1395:0303 class-ID: 0300
serial:
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac:
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IP v4: type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast:
IP v6: type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP:
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 75.07 GiB (4.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial:
fw-rev: 620361WD temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 75.07 GiB (4.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: 84a1c91e-ded2-47c1-ba21-26920a9d06cf
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 600 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: D428-F50D
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 75.07 GiB (4.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 84a1c91e-ded2-47c1-ba21-26920a9d06cf
ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 75.07 GiB (4.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 84a1c91e-ded2-47c1-ba21-26920a9d06cf
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 75.07 GiB (4.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 84a1c91e-ded2-47c1-ba21-26920a9d06cf
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-8:3 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c91 class-ID: 0300
serial:
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Keyboard
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1b1c:1b33 class-ID: 0300 serial:
Device-2: 3-3:3 info: Logitech Lightspeed Receiver
type: keyboard,mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300
Hub-5: 3-4:4 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2813
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 3-4.2:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-4.3:6 info: DSEA A/S EPOS H3PRO Dongle type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 96mA
chip-ID: 1395:0303 class-ID: 0300 serial:
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 4-4:2 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:0813
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-4.1:3 info: Genesys Logic All-in-One Cardreader
type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0732 class-ID: 0806 serial:
Hub-9: 4-4.2:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0612
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.1 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 1426 pm: pacman pkgs: 1418 libs: 476 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 8
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 437
1: cpu: 15.7% command: localsearch-extractor-3 pid: 79086
mem: 38.4 MiB (0.1%)
2: cpu: 10.6% command: firefox pid: 75938 mem: 961.0 MiB (3.0%)
3: cpu: 6.3% command: pamac-manager pid: 78562 mem: 600.4 MiB (1.8%)
4: cpu: 5.7% command: emoji_picker.py started-by: python pid: 78931
mem: 191.9 MiB (0.5%)
5: cpu: 3.1% command: firefox pid: 76555 mem: 366.4 MiB (1.1%)
Memory top: 5 of 437
1: mem: 987.4 MiB (3.0%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1032 cpu: 2.9%
2: mem: 961.0 MiB (3.0%) command: firefox pid: 75938 cpu: 10.6%
3: mem: 612.1 MiB (1.9%) command: steamwebhelper pid: 6449 cpu: 2.1%
4: mem: 600.4 MiB (1.8%) command: pamac-manager pid: 78562 cpu: 6.3%
5: mem: 500.0 MiB (1.5%) command: ./steamwebhelper pid: 6365 cpu: 0.1%
Info:
Processes: 437 Power: uptime: 23h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.48 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.38

Thx in advanced

In it’s default state, there is not a single icon on the Gnome desktop.
It’s possible to have them, but you need a special extension for that.

Since you have them, you presumably have this extension installed and active.

I’m not a Gnome user, but I think Desktop Icons is likely a Gnome Extension…

try launcing from the menu or command gnome-shell-extensions… then find Desktop Icons - and turn them off.

A brief search also suggested (no guarantees here):

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-trash false
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right-click to the desk an then “Settings → Desktop Icons”

in the dialog you found a tab “tweaks” and the options you are searching for.

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Found it! Big Thx!

Right-click desktop → Settings → Desktop Icon Settings → Tweaks

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