How can I make a desktop folder invisible?

At one time I hid a folder on my desk top. To pull the folder up, I had to launch Finder and hit "Command+Shift+G" to get to the folder. My problem is, I forgot how to hide the folders and I'd like to do this again. (I did a factory reset and I'd still like to have that hidden folder). Any help would be great.

From the terminal:
apple defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
exit
to create a hidden file/folder, simply add a "." in front of it from the terminal:
cd pathtofolder
mkdir .hiddenfolder
exit
to revert to back the default:
apple defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False
killall Finder
exit
OR making your folder visible by default:
cd pathtofolder
mv .hiddenfolder hiddenfolder
exit

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