Location of com.apple.sidebar.plists ?

Does anyone know where I can find the file "com.apple.sidebar.plists?
It is apparently meant to be under preferences but I can't see it for the life of me. Looking to edit it.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.
If you plan to delete it, restart after deleting it. Mavericks caches .plists and a restart is required.

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