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A developer's terminal showing the configuration file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs being edited to change the default download path, preventing automatic folder creation on a minimalist Linux system.

Stop Linux Auto-Creating a ~/Downloads Folder

Tired of the Downloads folder reappearing on your minimalist Arch Linux + Sway setup? This guide shows how to edit the XDG user-dirs.dirs file to permanently set your home directory as the default.