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<title>Hide a file</title>
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<p>You can hide files by renaming them with a <key>.</key> at the beginning of their name. Hidden files are invisible by default; they are not displayed in the file manager, but they are still there in the folder.</p>
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<p>You can hide files by renaming them with a <key>.</key> at the beginning of
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their name. Hidden files are invisible by default; they are not displayed in
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the file manager, but they are still there in the folder.</p>
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<p>To hide a file, <link xref="files-rename">rename it</link> with a "." at the beginning of its name. For example, to hide a file <file>example.txt</file>, you should rename it to <file>.example.txt</file>.</p>
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<p>To hide a file, <link xref="files-rename">rename it</link> with a "." at
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the beginning of its name. For example, to hide a file <file>example.txt</file>,
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you should rename it to <file>.example.txt</file>.</p>
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<p>You can hide folders in the same way that you can hide files. Rename the folder with a "." at the beginning of its name.</p>
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<p>You can hide folders in the same way that you can hide files. Rename the
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folder with a "." at the beginning of its name.</p>
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<section id="show-hidden">
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<title>Show all hidden files</title>
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If you want to see all hidden files in a folder, go to that folder and either click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. All hidden files will be shown along with the files that were not hidden.
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Some hidden files will have a "." at the beginning of their name. Others might have a "~" at the end of their name instead (see <link xref="files-tilde"/>).
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To hide these files again, either click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq> again.
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<p>Hidden files will only be shown in the current window, until you turn the
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option for that window off. To show hidden files in all file manager windows,
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<p>If you want to see all hidden files in a folder, go to that folder and
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either click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or
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press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. All hidden files will be
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shown along with the files that were not hidden.</p>
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<p>Some hidden files will have a "." at the beginning of their name. Others
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might have a "~" at the end of their name instead (see <link xref="files-tilde"/>).</p>
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<p>To hide these files again, either click
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<guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or press
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq> again.</p>
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<p>Hidden files will only be shown in the current window, until you turn off
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the option for that window. To show hidden files in all file manager windows,
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see <link xref="nautilus-views"/>.</p>
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<section id="unhide">
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<title>Unhide a file</title>
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To unhide a file, go to the folder containing the hidden file and click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq>. Then, find the hidden file and rename it so that it doesn't have a "." in front of its name.
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For example, to unhide a file called <file>.example.txt</file>, you should rename it to <file>example.txt</file>.
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Once you have renamed the file, you can either click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq> to hide any other hidden files again.
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<p>To unhide a file, go to the folder containing the hidden file and click
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<guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq>. Then, find the
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hidden file and rename it so that it doesn't have a "." in front of its name.</p>
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<p>For example, to unhide a file called <file>.example.txt</file>, you should
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rename it to <file>example.txt</file>.</p>
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<p>Once you have renamed the file, you can either click
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<guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or press
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq> to hide any other hidden files