How do I remove unwanted desktop icons?

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You must right-click an empty space on the desktop.

On the right side of the Personalization settings window, click the Themes option.
Scroll down to the Related settings section and click the Desktop icon settings option.
Uncheck the box next to the desktop icon(s) you want to remove, click Apply, and click OK.

Can you remove all icons from desktop?

Want to delete all desktop icons on Windows 10 at once? Highlight all of the icons with your mouse by dragging the cursor over them. Once they’re all highlighted, right-click one of them and select Delete or drag them all to the Recycle Bin.

How do I delete all the icons off of my Desktop?

Open Windows Explorer by pressing Win+E or other ways.

Copy&paste %userprofile%\\desktop into the address bar at the top.

Click on the right arrow button or press Enter.

Browse the items in the window and select the icon you don’t want.

How to hide or unhide all desktop icons on Windows?

Open Settings. Press the Start button,then click the settings cog,above the power button. Alternatively,press Windows+I.

Click “Personalization”

Click “Themes” in the sidebar,then “Desktop icon settings”

Tick or untick the system icons you want to hide or show and press “OK”.

How to remove unused icons from the Windows desktop?

“Remove unused desktop icons To remove unuseddesktop icons Open Displayin Control Panel. On the Desktoptab, click Customize Desktop. Under Desktop cleanup, click Clean Desktop Now. Follow the directions in the Desktop Cleanup Wizard. Notes To open Display, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display.

What happens if I Delete my desktop icon?

– select Volume label (or leave blank) – then select file System E G NTFS, exFAT, FAT32. File system options can change based on size of drive – in allocation unit size, leave at default. – click or check on Perform a quick format, – then click OK. it should take less than 3 minutes for operation