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Desktop tab keeps disappearing

For the past few months I have been having this issue with my Desktop tab disappearing from the menu bar in finder. It happens randomly while I am working and I have to go in preference to add it back which is super annoying. Any suggestions on how to stop this from happening or even why this is happening? Never had this issue previously on my other MacBooks

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 10:12 AM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2022 8:16 AM

K_vera wrote:

For the past few months I have been having this issue with my Desktop tab disappearing from the menu bar in finder. It happens randomly while I am working and I have to go in preference to add it back which is super annoying. Any suggestions on how to stop this from happening or even why this is happening? Never had this issue previously on my other MacBooks
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f85df051-bd9d-4256-a9ad-697f8972d83d



If it is a corrupt plist, delete the com.apple.finder.plist

Found here Finder>Go>Go to Folder, copy and paste:


~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist


default plist is rebuilt automatically.

To Relaunch your Finder from the >Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch



try again setting up your sidebar.



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Apr 5, 2022 8:16 AM in response to K_vera

K_vera wrote:

For the past few months I have been having this issue with my Desktop tab disappearing from the menu bar in finder. It happens randomly while I am working and I have to go in preference to add it back which is super annoying. Any suggestions on how to stop this from happening or even why this is happening? Never had this issue previously on my other MacBooks
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f85df051-bd9d-4256-a9ad-697f8972d83d



If it is a corrupt plist, delete the com.apple.finder.plist

Found here Finder>Go>Go to Folder, copy and paste:


~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist


default plist is rebuilt automatically.

To Relaunch your Finder from the >Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch



try again setting up your sidebar.



Desktop tab keeps disappearing

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