How get rid of right-hand part of Finder window?

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How get rid of right-hand part of Finder window?

Since upgrading from High Sierra to Mojave, all Finder windows appear like the one shown below, in list form (as I want) but with the extra pane on the right that shows an enlarged picture of the icon.

I've overlaid a large red "X" there, because I don't want that part.

I know that if I drag to the right the vertical separator between the list and that unwanted pane, the pane will disappear.

But what setting will get rid of it not just for this particular window, but for all Finder windows?

iMac, macOS Mojave (10.14), 4.0GHz Corei7, 32GB, 3Tb Fusion

Posted on Oct 1, 2018 9:44 AM

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Old Toad

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Oct 1, 2018 11:43 AM in response to murrayE

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dialabrain

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Oct 1, 2018 11:59 AM in response to murrayE

Press "shift + command + P" or choose Hide Preview from the Finder View menu.

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Oct 1, 2018 10:20 AM in response to dialabrain

I see no such thing as "Show Preview Column" in the Mojave Finder's "Show Preview Column".

Here's what I do see:

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dialabrain

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Oct 1, 2018 10:27 AM in response to murrayE

murrayE wrote:

I see no such thing as "Show Preview Column" in the Mojave Finder's "Show Preview Column".

I'm not surprised because that's not what I said. I said "Show View Options"

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dialabrain

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Oct 1, 2018 9:52 AM in response to murrayE

You can also choose "Show View Options" and uncheck "Show Preview Column".

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murrayE Author

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Oct 1, 2018 11:42 AM in response to dialabrain

Sorry, I did mean "Show View Options". But what I see, and whose window I captured & posted, is not the same as what you show!

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dialabrain

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Oct 1, 2018 11:53 AM in response to murrayE

What folder were you in when you took the screen shot? Different folders have different settings.

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murrayE Author

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Oct 1, 2018 11:59 AM in response to dialabrain

A subfolder of ~ containing documents and aliases.

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dialabrain

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Oct 1, 2018 12:15 PM in response to murrayE

Do you have a question about it? As I said, different folders have different settings. Different views also have different context.

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