Control what information is displayed in columns in list view.
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# File manager list columns preferences

There are nine columns of information that you can display in the file manager's list view. Click Files in the top bar, pick Preferences and choose the List Columns tab to select which columns will be visible.

Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to choose the order in which the selected columns will appear.

# Name

The name of folders and files in the folder being viewed.

# Size

The size of a folder is given as the number of items contained in the folder. The size of a file is given as bytes, KB, or MB.

# Type

Displayed as folder, or file type such as PDF document, JPEG image, MP3 audio, and more.

# Modified

Gives the date and time of the last time the file was modified.

# Owner

The name of the user the folder or file is owned by.

# Group

The group the file is owned by. On my home computers, each user is in their own group. Groups are sometimes used in corporate environments, where users might be in groups according to department or project.

# Permissions

Displays the file access permissions e.g. drwxrw-r--

The first character - is the file type. - means regular file and d means directory (folder).

The next three characters rwx specify permissions for the user who owns the file.

The next three rw- specify permissions for all members of the group that owns the file.

The last three characters in the column r-- specify permissions for all other users on the system.

Each character has the following meanings:

r : Read permission.

w : Write permission.

x : Execute permission.

- : No permission.

# MIME Type

Displays the MIME type of the item.

# Location

The path to the location of the file.