Your Desktop is a special folder which shows your background wallpaper that you have chosen and your files, folders, documents, shortcuts and all such items you have stored. It appears every time you sign in to Windows. Today, we will see how to quickly hide your desktop contents. RECOMMENDED: Tip: In earlier Windows versions, the Desktop had important icons enabled by default - This PC, Network, Control Panel, and your User files folder. They were all visible by default.
However, in modern Windows versions, Microsoft made most of these icons hidden. In Windows 10, only the Recycle Bin is present on the Desktop by default.
Also, the Windows 10 Start Menu does not have links to these icons either. You can enable classic Desktop icons as follows: To hide all desktop icons in Windows 10, you can do the following. • Minimize all open windows and apps. You can use Win + D or Win + M shortcut keys. Alternatively, you can right-click the taskbar and select 'Show the desktop' from the context menu or left click the far end of the taskbar. Tip: See • Right click the empty space on your Desktop and select View - Show Desktop Icons. This command will toggle the visibility of your Desktop icons.
This is pretty simple. Depending on your production environment, it may be necessary to disable Desktop icons for all users in your Active Directory/domain, a specific user on your computer or for all users of your PC. In this case, you can use a special Group Policy item or a Registry tweak. Let's review them. If you are running Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education, you can use the Local Group Policy Editor app. Hide All Desktop Icons in Windows 10 with Group Policy • Press Win + R keys together on your keyboard and type: gpedit.msc Press Enter. • Group Policy Editor will open.