https://man.archlinux.org/man/user-dirs.dirs.5.en https://man.archlinux.org/man/user-dirs.dirs.5.en If you delete one folder the file $HOME/.config/user-dirs.d

https://man.archlinux.org/man/user-dirs.dirs.5.en https://man.archlinux.org/man/user-dirs.dirs.5.en If you delete one folder the file $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs will be updated sooner or later, and point to $HOME/ and the icon will not be restored by recreating any folder. Just change the values in there to whatever.