How to remove icons from your desktop?
FelixJr, one of our readers wanted to know how to remove the recycle bin from his desktop in Windows 7. Windows 7 allows you to remove all system icons from your desktop and even add others that are disabled by default.
1. Right-click on your desktop and click on “Personalize“:
2. On the left side, click on Change desktop icons
3. Uncheck all items to remove the icons from your desktop and click on Apply. Here you can also add the Control Panel icon to your desktop:
Now that you removed all icons from your desktop, you could add other things to your desktop. You could for example display system information like your MAC address or IP address on your desktop. If you want to find out how to do that, read the tutorial:
Display system information on desktop
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Tags: desktop, how to, remove, Windows 7 Icons Written by oliversk Sunday, April 18th, 2010
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what i want to do is up in task bar I have desktop short cut icon then click on it and then down comes the list, now i would like to know how i go about removing things in it like Control Panel, Network,Libaries, if I right click on them and select delete they go but as soon as you go back into it they are back so hope you can help me with this issue. Thanks