Go to the Control Panel and select "Personalize". Now, find the "Change Desktop Icons" option in the "Personalize" menu and click on it. A dialog box similar to the one in Windows 10 and 11 should ...

To remove icons from the desktop for system items, Microsoft says you'll right-click an empty area on your desktop and then click "Personalize." ...

You can restore missing or hide the Safely Remove Hardware icon from the Notification Area using drag-and-drop, via Settings or using this Batch file.

If you find that when your Recycle Bin in Windows 11/10 does not refresh but shows the same icon, irrespective of whether it is empty or full, here are some troubleshooting steps you can try ...

Preferring to keep our desktop clean, we remove the Recycle Bin icon from Windows 10 as one of the first tweaks to a fresh installation of the operating system. However, ...