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weizilla

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Original poster
Feb 7, 2008
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I have the dock on the left side of the screen to maximize the vertical screen space of my macbook. Now with less room, I want to maximize the icons i can fit on there (while still keeping them the same size).

I don't use the trash icon a lot but I can't figure out how to remove the icon from the dock. Is there a way, either via OS X, hacking some system files or even a 3rd party app to do this??
 

TEG

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Jan 21, 2002
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Langley, Washington
I have the dock on the left side of the screen to maximize the vertical screen space of my macbook. Now with less room, I want to maximize the icons i can fit on there (while still keeping them the same size).

I don't use the trash icon a lot but I can't figure out how to remove the icon from the dock. Is there a way, either via OS X, hacking some system files or even a 3rd party app to do this??

NO. You cannot remove the Finder or Trash icons.

TEG
 

karenflower

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Dec 7, 2007
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You can't remove it, but if you want to make it more aesthetically pleasing you can change the icon. I have a blue elephant atm. :D
 

Andrew#Mac

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Jan 5, 2019
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I have the dock on the left side of the screen to maximize the vertical screen space of my macbook. Now with less room, I want to maximize the icons i can fit on there (while still keeping them the same size).

I don't use the trash icon a lot but I can't figure out how to remove the icon from the dock. Is there a way, either via OS X, hacking some system files or even a 3rd party app to do this??
You hide the Finder and Trash icons from the Dock by downloading the Path Finder app free trail, go to Path finder Preferences, Click Finder options, you will see. Then you can delete Path Finder then you will have a Remove from Dock option when you right click Finder or Trash. Use terminal and type "killall Dock" to get the icons back.
 
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