How to hide folders

[brendandebeasi]

I'm pretty anal about the cleanliness of my documents folder, so I cannot stand having a folder called Adobe or Microsoft User Data in my docs folder.
I want to be able to hide those folders without adding a . before them (because then the apps won't be able to find the folders). Is there any way to do this? I know you can also change the permissions, but again, then the apps cant use the folders.

 

[BlueRevolution]

You can't hide folders by changing permissions. You can by renaming them to .whatever, but the application won't recognize it and will simply create a new one. My advice? Grin and bear it.

 

[msevild]

Open up the terminal application and use the following command:
sudo chflags hidden ~/Documents/(whatever folder you want to hide)
This will hide the folder from your view without adding a . at the beginning of the directory(folder). I've never tried it, but I assume your programs should still be able to find these folders. Don't know for sure though.

 

[portent]

You could just create your own folder (dare I say, "My Documents") and use that to organize your own files. Let Adobe and MS take over your Documents folder.

 

[RaceTripper]

Open up the terminal application and use the following command:
sudo chflags hidden ~/Documents/(whatever folder you want to hide)
This will hide the folder from your view without adding a . at the beginning of the directory(folder). I've never tried it, but I assume your programs should still be able to find these folders. Don't know for sure though.

Thanks, I just used that tip to hide: /opts