How do I scale the enormously sized desktop icons on Ubuntu 18.04?

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I just upgraded to 18.04 (with GNOME 3.28) from 16.04. I am using gnome-shell, gnome-ubuntu-desktop. After upgrading the icon size on desktop are very large.

I am unable to find my option to decrease the size in preferences. How do I decrease it?

@GabrielStaples I believe the option has been moved from there at least for Nautilus 3.26.4 which is the default file manager in Ubuntu 18.04. — Kulfy, Sep 11 '19 at 15:47

score 102 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 17 '18 at 08:11

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Open Files (aka Nautilus)
Grid view: Change your icon view from "list" to "grid" first by clicking the button next to the hamburger menu.
Zoom out: Click on the hamburger menu (three-horizontal-lined button at top-right) and decrease the icon size by clicking the "zoom out" button (or Ctrl+-).

This should also reduce the size of the icons in your desktop.

edited Oct 17 '18 at 08:11

Pablo Bianchi

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answered Apr 30 '18 at 11:53

pomsky

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This is so silly, yet so useful. Thank you :) :) Tried so many cumbersome methods and this one finally worked. – node_analyser Jan 24 '21 at 08:58
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Is there a way to adjust the range ? I like to have more than the displayed limit. 50% .. 133% – maan81 Jan 26 '21 at 11:18
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Agree, this is silly. And not very intuitive. – WesternGun Apr 23 '21 at 11:12

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '18 at 10:19

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You can also resize icons by right clicking on each icons and select resize. Then you resize it up to a certain allowed minimum.

answered May 19 '18 at 10:19

Mamshad K. Anwar

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Neat... even though this answer doesn't really help the OP's issue as well as the accepted answer, I really like this feature. – Johano Fierra Jun 08 '18 at 00:09

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 05 '18 at 09:35

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In case you have a wheel mouse

Open Nautilus and click on the show directory as symbols icon (middle of the button on the top-right of nautilus's window) an press Ctrl+Scroll Mouse up/down.

edited Nov 05 '18 at 09:35

pomsky

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answered Jul 03 '18 at 19:01

abu_bua

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Thank you! ... how to disable that keybinding? – user1133275 Sep 11 '18 at 18:00

How do I scale the enormously sized desktop icons on Ubuntu 18.04?

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