How to change desktop icon size?
Solution 1
Does this apply to all files put on the desktop or just the one icon you're showing? If the latter, that probably means you did it accidentally. Right click the icon, then select "Restore Icon's Original Size...".
The first one, I don't know (yet) how that would happen.
Also, maybe you could try gconf-editor
. In it, go to apps>nautilus>icon_view
. There's a setting for icon size there. Maybe that's what you need.
If you are using dconf-editor
, the path to "icon_view" setting is org>gnome>nautilus>icon_view
Solution 2
I had the same problem because I had changed the icon size in a window. So I fixed it back from top-right of an open file browser window!
Changing icon size in any file browser window will affect all your windows including Desktop!
Solution 3
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view default-zoom-level 'small'
Solution 4
Just open Nautilus. Go to Edit → Preferences and change the percentage of the Icon View Defaults (in German, Symbolansicht) (33%, 50%, 66%, 100%, 200%).
Why this setting affects the size of the icons on your desktop will be a mystery forever! But that is the easiest way to resize all icons on the desktop at once without using any tool like gconf-editor
.
Solution 5
Right click the icon you want to resize. Select "Resize icon..."
Hold-click and drag the handles that appear over the icon to resize it.
You can revert to the icon's default size by selecting "Restore Icon's Original Size" in the icon's right-click context menu.
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Comments
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uemeulo about 1 year
This is my desktop, the icon is too big.
I tried to use
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font "Ubuntu 9"
but the it changes only font size of the desktop icons.
I tried to use Compiz, Advance Settings and Configuration Editor but they just have font size option, not icon size option.
How to change the desktop icon size?
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Admin about 7 yearsGo to Files (file manager app), Visualize the Desktop folder, Choose grid view in upper right corner of window, Resize the icons. Maybe, it's a solution.
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Frank Nocke over 2 yearsIn Ubuntu-MATE (thus Caja being the desktop manager) it's: Caja→Preferences→Views Tab→Icon View Defaults→Default zoom level. (and one can still do
ctrl-+
to change sizing inside file explorer windows w/o affecting desktop icon size)
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Bleeding Fingers about 10 years-1 there is a difference between launcher icon and desktop icon
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zarpio over 8 yearsI am not able to find nautilus after expanding the "apps" tree. Can you guide ?
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kelvinilla over 8 years@zarpio This is because you're using the newer "dconf-editor." There's really very little reason to use this anymore for the same issue. There are better GUI fixes available like from the other answers. But if you must, since the editor controls offer more minutiae, the tree in the dconf Editor for nautilus has been moved to "org/gnome/nautilus."
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Mythul over 8 yearsWow, I just found out this. Really cool feature. Thanks for sharing :D
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creative almost 7 yearshow to open nautilus ?
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muru over 6 years@Hirak nautilus is the file manager. Open any directory, or look for Files in the Dash/Launcher
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Gilberto Albino over 6 yearsNo kidding! Feeling the dummiest on earth ever!
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Vladimir Ch about 5 yearsit edit only one icon !!! wat will be if on desktop alot icons 100 ore more ????
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Vladimir Ch about 5 yearsmore faster, in nautilus switch into icon view, then hold control + rotate mouse wheel!!! icons on a desktop will resize simultaneously ))))
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Nitin Kashyap almost 5 yearsThe reason I didn't think this was the case was that I had the folder display view in "Details" view rather than the icon view and was only seeing the issue on the Desktop. Thanks!
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Scott Stensland almost 5 yearsI loved this feature - its now missing on 19.04
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Gabriel Staples over 4 yearsDefinitely NOT the best answer here, but +1 for still being useful and good to know!
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Snowcrash over 4 years
gconf-editor
zsh: command not found: gconf-editor -
Snowcrash over 4 yearsI don't see that menu on the right when I click that middle icon.
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Snowcrash over 4 yearsI don't see "Restore Icon's Original Size" in the icon's right-click context menu.
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Snowcrash over 4 yearsThank god for one person who posts something that actually makes some sense.
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PhoneixS about 4 years@Snowcrash in my case the option is in the right icon (the three lines icon) and it is a percent instead of a slider.
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rhys_stubbs over 3 yearsPerfect - this should have far more upvotes! I use Linux I don't want to fiddle with installing other software or tinkering with UIs to do this kind of thing!
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BTR Naidu over 3 yearsThe best answer ever..
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Sam Murphy over 3 yearsThis should be top answer.
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Robert Nagtegaal about 3 yearsVery useful working advice. Thank you very much. 'Top answer' indeed.