13 Quick Tips to Make Linux File Manager Nautilus Even Better

[@tjwatts100]

Brilliant. I'm moving from KDE to Gnome. This was super useful. Thanks mate 👍

[@itsfoss]

Glad you found it useful, Tim :)

[@theproudlinuxer]

A very useful tip that I learned lately: Pressing *Ctrl+L* in the nautilus file manager will enable you to type _paths,_ which is usually very handy at times.

[@itsfoss]

Nice tip, Pranav

[@yasam9311]

yes, I was getting pissed with nautilus for not being able to get paths

[@theproudlinuxer]

@@yasam9311 Then I got used to this shortcut, and I use it in all three operating systems. And it works everywhere 😅

[@yasam9311]

@@theproudlinuxer man before I seen this video and your message, I had wrote a special script for Nautilus that writes the path of the file when I press "p" can you believe haha

[@theproudlinuxer]

@@yasam9311 Oh man, you're wonderful. I'd like to see the script

[@CrashCraftLabs]

1:18 omg thank you so much for this, i have a folder just for making new files like images and what not that i have had to just C&P them haha, this lets me add anything to the new doc menu under right click, soooo much better now i tell you what.

[@itsfoss]

I am glad you found something helpful here :)

[@theproudlinuxer]

Those tips were wonderful and you saved me a lot of time. Great video as usual, Abhishek! I've already known just three, and the rest were completely new and helpful

[@danielsteffan9161]

It can't get anymore simple than this. Thank you soo much howtobasic!

[@itsfoss]

Glad you liked it, Daniel.

[@PoeLemic]

Also, thanks for the Time Stamps, because that makes it so easy to skip a topic, if you don't care about it. Also, please, in future, put list of the timestamps into the Description, where we can scan it and see what applies to us -- where we can jump to it immediately. Yet, how you have done it, really saves us time, even if we don't have a full list in the Description of the Tips. Thanks.

[@itsfoss]

Point noted. Will try to do it in all the future videos where it matters.

[@PoeLemic]

Great video. Taught me alot about Nautilus. I am newer to Linux, so all of these videos like this sure help me. [SUBBING.]

[@itsfoss]

Thanks for subscribing :)

[@GoolagThemTube]

Gnome Files (Nautilus) is not exactly bad, it's just that there are so much better options available in my opinion, such as Dolphin in KDE Plasma for example.

[@itsfoss]

That's quite subjective. Different people feel differently and I am glad we have choices in Linux for these things :)

[@GoolagThemTube]

@@itsfoss Yes, It's good that we have choices so everybody can have it their way. Absolutely.

[@tpasi2020UG]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@itsfoss]

You are welcome :)

[@SteveMacSticky]

thanks I was looking for a folder colours option

[@itsfoss]

Glad you found a good tweak for you :)

[@daviddossor6711]

What a great video... I was about to replace this stupidly plain file manager and yet I think you have change my mind.. What between your bookmark & template tricks & how well it actually works with the Shotwell software & previews.. Then you throw nautilus-admin A true game changer..... A change of theme and it may be a keeper.... Many thank's......

[@itsfoss]

Glad you liked this video, David :)

[@uryaar7216]

Thanks a lot, I was really missing the “open as root/admin” option.

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

THNX that was fun!

[@itsfoss]

Glad you liked it :)

[@jarvik197]

Very useful addons. Thank you.

[@itsfoss]

Glad you liked it :)

[@raphaelkyembe4407]

Is the a way of enabling checkmark selection?

[@northwestrepair]

if its default, how come i dont have it in the list of packages ?

[@sersys1]

How can you make it group and sort at the same time? As in put files into groups by their type and sort the individual groups by date?

[@vicyoslinuxofficial2607]

What an amazing video!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!

[@itsfoss]

Glad you liked it :)

[@carmelshores2658]

I was kind of hoping you would start off with showing How to ACCESS Nautilus in the first place after installing it by a sudo command. How and where do I Open Nautilus after doing a successful install?

[@itsfoss]

hmm... which Linux and desktop environment are you using? Nautilus comes preinstalled with GNOME disk and this video is meant for GNOME users who already have this file explorer.

[@PoeLemic]

[Newer to LInux, so, hopefully, you don't mind me asking a question ...] Okay, on the File Browser (say Nautilus or some other FB) on the Sidebar (hope that's right word), I see that there are directory shortcut links. Now, I would want to change those easily, but I see you have to run some stuff from the command line. However, I saw some Linux KZbinr show one File Browser that had a pop-up where you could easily edit those sidebar shortcuts. Do you know the name of the file browser that you can install which has easily manipulation of those. Because I don't give a crap about Documents, Pictures, Videos, etc., because all of those I will never use. But, I would have jumps to my Server's main directory, my basic Home directory, etc. So, I wish that all of the File Browsers had a pop-up or panel that would appear where you could add & remove them visually without using CLI scripts. So, could you make a video on that, or explain it here.

[@itsfoss]

The Meta directories (Documents, Videos, Music, Downloads etc) cannot be removed from Sidebar (usually) in Nautilus. If you want to add some other folder in the sidebar, you just have to drag and drop it to the sidebar or press Ctrl+D (if I recall correctly).

[@simhz2221]

Great video, I applied a few modifications. I do have a problem with Active Screen Edges it does not resize nautilus to the left or right like I can with the other apps. Do you also have this problem?

[@northwestrepair]

why it does not let me delete files on another drive ? why do i need to look everything up for linux ? why do i need internet to delete a freaking file ? why do i need need to type commands ? its 2023 already. Windows has been around for 40+ years. Why linux devs learn nothing from it

[@SeeMyAnswer]

Add document didn't work I Don't understand why help me im on ubuntu 22.04

[@grahamlees4394]

didn't work for me either in Debian 12 with GNOME 43.9 🤔

[@jimgreene5748]

"Look and feel?" I keep trying to feel my screen, but it's always just smooth, no matter how much I customize it.

[@itsfoss]

You made me chuckle, Jim :P

[@xbeast7585]

Thanks Man

[@itsfoss]

Happy to help

Is there a way to show id3tags in columns?

[@workshed556]

Thank you for this.

[@itsfoss]

You are welcome, David.

[@nickeuraptor]

Good tips but I'm still missing the most important, additional columns for music tags as bit-rate, length and so on. In 2023 still hard to find something that work.

[@itsfoss]

I can understand. I wonder if there is a Nautilus extension for this thing specifically.

[@atharvsabale8044]

4.22 can we customize nautilus sidebar icons also

[@itsfoss]

Since changing icon and theme changes that, so yes, it should be customizable but not as easily as a right click context menu entry,

[@_tanzil_]

This is why KDE is the king 👑 Everything is available right in the settings

[@itsfoss]

True that :)

[@freedom-jt8ot]

I tried to copy 100GB data with nautilus but I learned that there is a bug. It should use sync in certain time intervals but it doesn't. My data damaged because of this bug. Because of this, I changed my file manager to thunar.

[@itsfoss]

Never encountered such an issue.

[@miratanj.s4825]

Olá, como adicionar barra de filtro igual ao dolphin KDE?

[@max4u654]

make a video Quick Tips for Nemo File Manager

[@itsfoss]

Will do :)

[@yukatoshi]

I have most of these already! :P

[@LTRSX]

hi, which font are you using on terminal?

[@vijaydas9747]

what is file manager in Helios

[@maverick_8707]

can u send me the link from where u have download jelly fish wallpaper like this ....its amazing I also want same

[@itsfoss]

This is the download link for those wallpapers: t.co/Mj1GLheBYt

[@maverick_8707]

@@itsfoss thanks man!!

[@maverick_8707]

I wasn't expecting that u will reply ......thanks u very much for that

[@vnprakash]

Wonderful

[@itsfoss]

Glad you liked it :)

[@becs-ps1bb]

miss a customization keyboard

[@gramps6718]

Interesting😊

[@NilsWernerClaesson]

Please make subtitles for this. The auto gens suck

[@itsfoss]

Will do over the weekend.

[@itsfoss]

Hi Nils, Bump to let you know the subtitles have been updated :)

[@sotecluxan4221]

"Length" e.g. for mp4 available?