Remove All Icons from the Desktop in Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to remove all icons from the desktop on Windows 8 computers. As you can see, there are two icons on our desktop. It's the "This PC" icon and the "Recycle Bin" icon. We can remove all icons at once from the desktop.

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   Right-click on an empty space on the desktop

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   A menu will appear.

   

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   Hover over "View" to get another menu to appear

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   Click "Show desktop icons"

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   This removes the checkmark next to it. All the icons that were previously on the desktop will disappear. Let's make them reappear.

   

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   Right-click on an empty space on the desktop

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   Hover over "View"

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   Click "Show desktop icons" to add a checkmark next to it

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   All the icons will reappear.

   

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   This concludes our tutorial on how to remove all icons from the desktop on Windows 8 computers

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