# opus[1m] ## Retrieval Notes - Session id: `1625ad68-3816-4551-b571-71bac5fe02d4` - Last activity: `2026-03-21T19:33:19.757Z` ## My Notes <!-- Add your notes here. This section is preserved across syncs. --> ## Conversation ### User opus[1m] ### User The user has opened the note file:///Users/nickyoung/My Obsidian Vault/Daily Notes/2026-03-21.md in Obsidian. This may or may not be related to the current conversation. If it seems relevant, consider using the Read tool to examine its content. @[[2026-03-21]] these icons in the top of obsidian keep coming back. the right most two of the left side bar are the obsidian search and file explorer plugins (? not sure that is the term they are core features any way) I don't want them in the bar, can they be dissapearer. you told me you had done this already by t they cameb ack on a restart. ### Assistant Let me check the Obsidian config to see how ribbon icons are managed. ### Assistant Let me check the ribbon configuration in the workspace file. ### Assistant I can see the ribbon config. The Search and File Explorer aren't in the hidden items list — they need to be added. Let me find their exact IDs and hide them. ### Assistant Those aren't ribbon icons — they're left sidebar tab icons (File Explorer and Search panes). Let me check the workspace layout. ### Assistant Found them — File Explorer and Search are sidebar tabs. The reason they keep coming back on restart is that Obsidian re-creates them as long as the core plugins are enabled. The permanent fix is to disable those core plugins (you can still navigate files via Quick Switcher, and search via Cmd+Shift+F or the command palette). Want me to disable the File Explorer and Search core plugins? That will permanently remove those sidebar tabs. You'll still have all your other navigation (Quick Switcher, Notebook Navigator, Recent Files, Bookmarks) which are already in your sidebar. ### Assistant Both `file-explorer` and `global-search` are enabled core plugins — that's why they reappear on restart. The workspace.json removal only lasts until Obsidian re-creates the panes. Two options: 1. Disable the core plugins entirely (they won't come back). You still have Quick Switcher, Notebook Navigator, Recent Files, and Bookmarks for navigation, plus Cmd+Shift+F for search via the command palette. 2. Leave them enabled but keep manually closing the tabs (they'll return each restart). Want me to go with option 1 — disable both `file-explorer` and `global-search` core plugins?