Removing default places in Nautilus

I want to remove the default places in Nautilus (Recent, Starred, Home, Music, etc). This has proven more difficult than you’d think it would be, and so far I have tried:

  • setting "enabled=false" in ~/.config/user-dirs.conf
  • commenting bookmarks set in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
  • commenting bookmarks set in /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults
  • override the ui with this method

None of them work. Surely removing these shortcuts must be possible?

I’m on Sway.