Sublime Text 3: Remove Sidebar File Icons

Check which theme you are using: Preferences -> Themes, by default the following are available

• Adaptive.sublime-theme
• Default.sublime-theme

Preferences -> Browse Packages will open up ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages.

Open User directory and create the file Adaptive.sublime-theme (depending which theme you are using).

To hide file icons only

[
   {
       "class": "icon_file_type",
       "content_margin": [0,0]
   },
]

To hide file and folder icons

[
   {
       "class": "icon_file_type",
       "content_margin": [0,0]
   },
   {
       "class": "icon_folder",
       "content_margin": [0,0]
   },
   {
       "class": "icon_folder_loading",
       "content_margin": [0,0]
   }
]