How to add the Trash icon to your desktop on ubuntu

Posted on December 16, 2008

By default,the Trash icon doesn’t exist on the ubuntu desktop.So is it possible to do it,of course and it’s very simple.Please see below guide for detail.

Just type gconf-editor into the Alt+F2 run dialog to open the Gnome Configuration Editor.

Then in the Configuration Editor window,browse down to the following key:

apps \ nautilus \ desktop

On the right side of the window, you’ll see an entry called trash_icon_visible. Just check the box. You can also change the trash_icon_name if you’d like.