We compiled potential causes and solutions to missing desktop icons in Windows 10, including configuration settings to ensure it doesn't happen again.

How to change your desktop icons on a Mac In macOS, you've got almost complete freedom over what each individual desktop icon looks like.

To make desktop icons invisible on Windows 11, make the name of the desktop icon invisible using the Character Map and then change the icon settings.

By default, Microsoft doesn't allow users to change the distance between desktop icons on the Windows 11 desktop, but an edit of the Windows Registry will do the trick.

When you change to an external monitor, Desktop icons may move. Here's what you can lock desktop icons in a Multiple Monitor setup on Windows 11/10.

If you don't disable it manually, most will add a new desktop icon by default. After a few years of this, you'll find that your desktop has become a cluttered catastrophe of icons, usually not ...

Apple makes it easy to change icons for files and folders on Mac. Here's how it works, along with tips on using images or changing the folder icon color.

New icons can make your computer desktop more attractive and easier to navigate. Here's how to change the look of the icons - to any image.

And before you say "Katie, quit your complaining, you can just hide your desktop icons", I know. I know… Right click the desktop, go to view, check off show desktop icons and they're gone, right?