The issue went away misteriously, and now it has come back again. Apparently it reoccurs every few years with software updates.
I am reopening the bug report, as it was wrongly closed (see comments 6, 7). ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731985 Title: Nautilus now makes random beeps on some navigation actions, and I can't turn it off To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1731985/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs