@yarmo @antanicus Having a top level ~/snap directory was annoying me too last week, so I figured it has annoyed someone else as well. The simplest (non-ideal) solution I found was to simply hide it.Create a file ~/.hiddenInside it, add 'snap' (without the quotes) on a line by itself.Save the fileNow opening Caja (the Ubuntu Mate GUI file browser) no longer shows the ~/snap directory. Works with Nautilus and others apparently.

I was trying to declutter the GUI file system view and this has that effect, although moving ~/snap into ~/.config or ~/.local/share would be better.