Every time I plug a USB stick in, nautilus opens a new window with the contents of the drive. I would like to disable this auto-opening of the nautilus window, but I would like the actual auto-mount to keep working. Is this possible?
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The simplest option is to open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T, and type:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount-open false
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12This should be the answer. – Nicolay Doytchev Nov 05 '14 at 21:03
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3How shall I know which settings can be changed using *gsettings set* ? can you provide any documentation or list ? – MAKZ Feb 20 '15 at 13:26
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1This doesn't work in Gnome-Shell. It still pops-up that notification asking to "Open with Files" or "Eject" or "Open with music player", etc. – Cerin May 05 '15 at 14:47
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This didn't work for me on 15.04 with Unity. The graphical `dconf` solution did. – fouric May 14 '15 at 03:08
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16Confirmed on 16.04. For an Android developer, this is really a relief! – Stephan Henningsen Sep 15 '16 at 10:27
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Didn't work on an earlier Ubuntu for me (15.10 or 16.04 probably) but did now work on 16.10. – Stoffe Oct 07 '16 at 13:01
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If run this command via `sudo`, it may not work, Why? – Honghe.Wu Apr 18 '17 at 02:23
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Worked on 16.04 perfectly, Thanks man, @StephanHenningsen really :D – Shahzain ali Sep 26 '17 at 05:39
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4On Linux Mint this was `gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.media-handling automount-open false` for me. So `cinnamon` instead of `gnome`. Presumably this would have to changed also if you use Mate instead. Etc etc ... – 0xC0000022L Nov 27 '17 at 23:17
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1List all data from `gsettings` with descriptions: `gsettings list-recursively | while read path name value; do echo "$path.$name=$value"; gsettings describe "$path" "$name"; echo; done` – Mikko Rantalainen Jun 13 '19 at 14:48
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Turns out, it is. You will need dconf-editor tool, which can be installed by with sudo apt-get install dconf-tools. Run dconf-editor in your terminal. Browse to org -> gnome -> desktop - media-handling. Uncheck automount-open.
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3On Ubuntu 14.10, you just need to install "dconf Editor" (dconf-editor). Run it once it's been added to your Launcher. Then do the same thing. – colan Jan 03 '15 at 01:48
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The setting corresponding to izx's to disable automatically launching nemo in the cinnamon desktop is:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.media-handling automount-open false
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For MATE Desktop Environment, which uses the Caja file manager:
gsettings set org.mate.media-handling automount-open false
or use Caja File Management Preferences (caja-file-management-properties) - on Media tab uncheck Browse media when inserted checkbox.
Not for Gnome or Cinnamon desktop environments, however MATE/Caja is a close relative.
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Using GUI in debian gnome desktop:
Open dconf-editor then go to org -> gnome -> desktop - media-handling.
There uncheck automount.
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This will disable auto-mounting altogether. OP only wants do disable the pop-up windows after auto-mount. -1 – David Foerster Nov 29 '17 at 11:59
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yes, it disables the auto-mounting also. my answer is only for disabling pop-up window. – SHIVA Nov 29 '17 at 12:55
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No, it's not. Please read the description of the Dconf key `org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.automount` (“If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion.”) as opposed to `.automount-open` (“If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically open a folder when media is automounted.”). – David Foerster Nov 29 '17 at 15:33