There are many ways to hide all the icons on the Windows desktop to get a clean, distraction-free interface. Here is a guide ...

If you delete the Start menu shortcut and your desktop starts to become cluttered, you can remove the desktop shortcut for Firefox and add it back to the Start Menu.

Windows Vista adds some big-ass arrows to its desktop shortcut icons. Luckily, the How-To Geek site has instructions on how to remove them. This tweak involves editing the Windows registry, not ...

If you want to remove Windows Spotlight ‘Learn about this picture’ desktop icon in Windows 11, then use the Registry Editor to hide it.

Head to the desktop and refresh it (shortcut - F5 key) to check if the Recycle Bin icon has been deleted. If not, you will need to restart your PC to see the effects of deleting the registry key.

In addition, a similar procedure can prevent Windows from cleaning up unused desktop shortcuts, but after this tweak Windows should no longer delete these "broken" shortcuts.

Remove or change New Page Shortcut suggestions in Chrome Another way that Chrome surfaces sites a user may be interested in is via shortcuts presented on the New Page UI.