This package is deprecated but can rather easily be replaced by `dired-omit-mode` like this: ```emacs-lisp (use-package dired :hook (dired-mode . dired-omit-mode)) :bind (:map dired-mode-map ( "." . dired-omit-mode)) :custom (dired-omit-files (rx (seq bol "."))) ``` Also see [#8][issue-8]. Hide dotfiles in Dired. To activate this mode add something like this to your init.el: (defun my-dired-mode-hook () "My `dired' mode hook." ;; To hide dot-files by default (dired-hide-dotfiles-mode)) ;; To toggle hiding (define-key dired-mode-map "." #'dired-hide-dotfiles-mode) (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook #'my-dired-mode-hook)