If the icons on the desktop spoil the picture of the aesthetic perception of the background image, or if there are simply more of them than necessary, then there are several ways to delete one, a group or all the shortcuts at once.
Instructions
Step 1
To delete one "ordinary" shortcut, just right-click it and select "Delete" in the pop-up context menu. The system will ask you to confirm this operation - click "Yes". When deleting some types of shortcuts in the same way, the OS may require: "Enter the administrator password" - you will have to type a password to confirm your authority.
Step 2
If you need to delete more than one shortcut, but a whole group, select the desired section of the desktop and delete the selected shortcuts in bulk. You can select only rectangular areas, so move the mouse cursor over, for example, the lower left corner of the area, press the left mouse button and without releasing it, move the cursor diagonally to the upper right corner of the rectangle. Having selected - right-click any of them and repeat the operation described in the previous step.
Step 3
Some of the icons (for example, “My Computer”) cannot be removed in a simple way - there is simply no “Delete” item in their context menu. To eliminate these icons, right-click anywhere in the free space on the desktop and select Properties. In the Display Properties window, go to the Desktop tab and click the Customize Desktop button. A window with the title "Desktop Elements" will open, where you will have the opportunity to cancel the display of the "Network Neighborhood", "My Computer", "My Documents" icons by unchecking the corresponding checkboxes.
Step 4
It is possible to radically solve the problem of displaying shortcuts on the desktop. Right-click on a free space on the desktop, open the "Arrange icons" section in the context menu and uncheck the item "Show desktop icons". Your operating system will think about five seconds and then clear the entire desktop space. From now on, until you enable this option, the shortcuts will not appear in the background image of the table.
