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today i installed nothing than ubuntu daily software update that happens once a day but I see two small size volume on the left pane of nautilus (120mb and 52mb). till now i only see such thing when i insert usb flash disk or phone into pc. the structure of files on these volumes are very similar to ubuntu root folder. trying losetup -a show many of these loop devices but the 2 visible devices in nautilus are:

/dev/loop36: []: (/var/lib/snapd/snaps/snapd_17576.snap (deleted))
/dev/loop6: []: (/var/lib/snapd/snaps/core_14056.snap (deleted))

how can i fix this? here is the nautilus screenshot

Mohammad
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These devices appear to be created by snap and are required in order to use applications installed that way (see this question). However, as vanadium mentioned below, these should not normally appear in the file manager. I believe that the person asking this question had the same problem, so you should be able to hide those devices using the same method as the answers there. However, there may be a better/more permanent fix if the devices being shown is due to some other misconfiguration.

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  • It is not normal that these appear in the file manager. The question is essentially how to remove them from the left pane of the file manager. – vanadium Nov 30 '22 at 10:33
  • That's a good point; I'll edit my answer to mention that. As far as I can tell, the answers on the second question I linked should still work to hide them, but in that case I don't know if there is maybe a better/more permanent method to fix the problem. – 1henno1 Nov 30 '22 at 10:48
  • fortunately the volumes disappeared after next boot. I can not say this for sure but i think the system was in need for restart after daily update. anyway the provided information was useful (at-least for me. low reputation didn't let me to up-vote the answer). thanks for attention and answer. – Mohammad Dec 02 '22 at 15:11