Finder folder icon - duplicated

In finder the folder icon for Mobile Documents appears in my side bar; and under Movies. How do I get rid of the folder display under Movie. I do not want to run the risk of deleting my Mobile Documents?

Balouta wrote: ... I do not want to remove the folder: but want to remove the view of it in Movies (not the side bar) ...
There are two simple ways to remove the view of a folder (in your case "Mobile Docs") that is in your Movies folder. There is also third party software that can hide folders, but, because some of them can damage your file system if used improperly, I suggest you not use that approach until you have more Mac OS X experience.
Here are the explanations for the two safe and simple possibilities represented in the image below:
(1) With your Finder View Options for the iMovie folder set so Finder does NOT arrange or sort your icons:
drag the Mobile Docs folder iCon just off the edge of the Movies folder window but keep the mouse pointer INSIDE the Movies folder window frame. Now use the slider bar at the bottom of the folder window to slide the window farther, drag the Mobile Docs folder iCon a bit further, and continue repeating until the Mobile Docs iCon is out of your normal Movies folder window view. Slide the window back to normal and resize the window if necessary to prevent any part of your Mobile Docs folder iCon from being visible. Here is my best try at a picture of how this works:
(2) Here is the second simple method of hiding a folder.
Drag the folder you do NOT want to see into a different folder. This will hide the first folder by making it a sub-folder of a folder you do not need to hide. In the case of my example here, I have created an empty folder with the made-up name "Completed Movie Projects". Here is my best try at a picture of how this works:
Balouta wrote:... Mobile Docs is in my side bar (in Finder) which is fine; but the folder is also sitting in Movies...
See the previous part of this response if you want to hide the folder.
Balouta wrote:...When Movies is highlighted Mobile Docs appears as a folder to the right. If I control click mobile docs under movies I have the option of moving the folder to the trash....
You can control whether you delete the folder or the sidebar iCon by selecting the proper item before control-click as shown in the images below :
Balouta wrote:... I am afraid that if I move it to the trash I will actually be deleting the folder and contents not just the icon displaying the folder.
There is no need to fear as long as you pay attention to the prompts while you are deleting items. Moverover, even it you do move something to the Trash, you can retrieve it from the Trash folder so long as you have not already "emptied" the Trash.
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