-- disable netrw at the very start of your init.lua vim.g.loaded_netrw = 1 vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin = 1 local vim = vim local Plug = vim.fn['plug#'] vim.call('plug#begin') Plug('nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons') Plug('nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua') vim.call('plug#end') -- optionally enable 24-bit colour vim.opt.termguicolors = true -- empty setup using defaults require("nvim-tree").setup()