Hide files and directories starting with '.' in Nautilus

Question

When viewing the home directory with Nautilus, files and directories starting with '.' are now visible.

Some examples of files/dirs that could earlier only be viewed by running ls -a, but are now even visible in Nautilus are - .bashhistory, .git, .gitignore, .config etc.

I am not sure how this happened and could not find an option to revert this under Nautilus preferences menu.

Help in reverting to old system would be appreciated.

Press Ctrl+H. I don't know what is "Gnome file explorer" though. — Pilot6, Jun 04 '20 at 16:56
@Pilot6 Thanks did the trick. I'll close the question. What should I call the default file explorer that comes with ubuntu? Since that is what I meant by Gnome file explorer. — ijuneja, Jun 04 '20 at 16:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '20 at 16:59

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To toggle hide/unhide hidden files and directories in Nautilus press Ctrl+H.

answered Jun 04 '20 at 16:59

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