# Delete panel from desktop

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496>\
**Category:** Plasma\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496 "2020-08-28T19:08:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/csteinforth/32/69942_2.png) [@csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/csteinforth)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/1 "2020-08-28T19:08:28Z")

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Maybe I am just too dumb to get it, but how do I remove the standard panel in the plasma desktop which comes already with the install?

Thanks in advance,

Christoph

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**Author:** ![anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon3337769)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/2 "2020-08-28T19:12:54Z")

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Right click on panel \> Edit Panel \> More Options \> Remove Panel

When you’re done, right click on desktop \> Finish Customizing Layout

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**Author:** ![csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/csteinforth/32/69942_2.png) [@csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/csteinforth)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/3 "2020-08-28T19:17:17Z")

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> [@anon3337769](#):
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> Right click on panel \> Edit Panel \> More Options \> Remove Panel

This is my problem: this option is missing 🤔

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**Author:** ![anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon3337769)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/4 "2020-08-28T19:19:25Z")

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Well, that surprises me. Which option is missing - the Remove Panel option, I’m assuming?

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**Author:** ![csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/csteinforth/32/69942_2.png) [@csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/csteinforth)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/5 "2020-08-28T19:20:24Z")

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Yep.

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**Author:** ![tlmiller76](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/tlmiller76/32/96350_2.png) [@tlmiller76](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/tlmiller76)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/6 "2020-08-28T19:24:37Z")

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What option does it show? Remove \< anything \>? I know if I right click where the tast manager is it’ll give me “remove task manager” and then after doing that, I can then right click AGAIN and it’ll give me “remove panel”.

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**Author:** ![csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/csteinforth/32/69942_2.png) [@csteinforth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/csteinforth)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/7 "2020-08-28T19:31:18Z")

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Man, I was not only dumb, in addition I was totally blind. Of course it is there: the trash icon on top of the “More Options”… 🤪 ![Screenshot_20200828_213047](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b3b90ae83c9f7d0b043efd4b3e61d244e2e36d01.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon3337769)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/8 "2020-08-28T19:33:39Z")

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It happens to the best of us 😁. I’m glad you got it sorted.

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**Author:** ![mdoverl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mdoverl/32/10774_2.png) [@mdoverl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mdoverl)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/9 "2020-08-28T21:30:21Z")

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> [@csteinforth](#):
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> the trash icon on top of the “More Options”… 🤪

In your defense, I think if the trash icon was a red color, you would have found it quicker.

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**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/10 "2020-08-28T21:30:52Z")

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If it makes you feel any better, the first time I was using plasma I had been all over Google trying to figure out why I didn’t have sound. Turns out I failed to notice like a hamburger menu in a settings menu somewhere and that one specific application was muted. I also posted about it a long time ago in a forum that has been. . . Well, accidentally archived. But it happens to all of us. No worries. Damn KDE and is extensive options.

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**Author:** ![tlmiller76](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/tlmiller76/32/96350_2.png) [@tlmiller76](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/tlmiller76)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/11 "2020-08-28T21:40:45Z")

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> Damn KDE and is extensive options.

And yet, this is also the reason most people who choose to use it so choose!!! What a conundrum!

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**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/12 "2020-08-28T21:43:50Z")

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Hahaha. KDE isn’t so different from any other drug. It’s terrible. And fantastic.

I use it.

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**Author:** ![anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@anon3337769](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon3337769)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/13 "2020-08-28T21:47:52Z")

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Hello, my name is **tardy** , and I am a Plasmaholic.

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**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/14 "2020-08-28T22:14:44Z")

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> [@anon3337769](#):
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> Hello, my name is **tardy** , and I am a Plasmaholic

I like mine with a little Cinnamon.

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/delete-panel-from-desktop/7496/15 "2020-08-29T19:46:54Z")

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I like lots of Cinnamon on mine!
