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Every time you mount a partition the icon of the mounted partition appears on the desktop.
I wanted to remove the icons of the mounted partitions from my desktop the day I started using Ubuntu.

But recently only I found a way to remove those icons without actually having to unmount the partitions.

Here is step by step guide to making those icons disappear from the desktop alone:

Step 1: Press 'alt'+'F2',
you will be prompted with a 'run application' window.


Step 2: In that window type "gconf-editor"
Run application window

Step 3: Now the "configuration editor" window should open up.

Step 4: On the left hand side, expand "apps" under that expand "Nautilus" and under that select "Desktop".

Step 5: Now on the right hand space you would see a lot of entries.
Go to the last entry in the list "volumes_visible", it would be ticked/checked. Untick/uncheck the check box adjacent to the "volumes_visible" entry.
CLose the editor.

Configuration Editor window, that is showing the entries of "apps->Nautilus->Desktop"
That's it ! now the icons of the mounted partitions shouldn't be visible on your desktop