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== Disable Nautilus Thumbnail Feature (RHEL)==
== Disable Nautilus Thumbnail Feature (RHEL)==
* Open a file browser window
# Open a file browser window.
* In the top bar click 'File -> Preferences'
# In the top bar click 'File -> Preferences'
**[[File:Nautilus-preferences.png | thumb|center|380px]]
#; [[File:Nautilus-preferences.png|380px]]
* Navigate to the 'Search & Preview' tab.
# Navigate to the 'Search & Preview' tab.
**[[File:Nautilus-preview.png | thumb|center|280px]]
#; [[File:Nautilus-preview.png|280px]]
* Under the thumbnails section select 'Never'
# Under the thumbnails section select 'Never'.
* Exit the window.
# Exit the window.


== Clean up existing thumbnail files==
==Clean up existing thumbnail files==
Thumbnails are stored in the following directory:
Thumbnails are stored in the following directory:
<pre>~/.cache/thumbnails/</pre>
<pre>~/.cache/thumbnails/</pre>

Latest revision as of 17:27, 22 April 2020

Disable Nautilus Thumbnail Feature (RHEL)

  1. Open a file browser window.
  2. In the top bar click 'File -> Preferences'
    Nautilus-preferences.png
  3. Navigate to the 'Search & Preview' tab.
    Nautilus-preview.png
  4. Under the thumbnails section select 'Never'.
  5. Exit the window.

Clean up existing thumbnail files

Thumbnails are stored in the following directory:

~/.cache/thumbnails/

Removing that directory will clean up the thumbnails.

Checking Thumbnail space usage

The following command shows the current disk space utilization of the thumbnails:

du -sh ~/.cache/thumbnails/