How to get rid of .gvfs and what it is.

What it is GVFS is a replacement for GnomeVFS, the GNOME Virtual File System

{User_home}/.gvfs is used as a mount point for the Gnome gvfs for user. It stays mounted even when user is logged off.You need to umount it prior to delete it. Use following command to unmount

umount -fl /home/xyz/.gvfs