I need help with hiding the icons on my desktop background

[Spaceception]

You know this;

How do I hide the icons a the left? I just want to see the picture and nothing else without deleting them. Btw, this isn't my desktop, I pulled this off of Google images.

Edited April 9, 2016 by Spaceception

[Tex]

I'm no expert, but I believe the image files used for the backgrounds are somewhere in your documents. If you go to change it, it should give you a destination.

[Spaceception]

Just now, Maximus97 said:

I'm no expert, but I believe the image files used for the backgrounds are somewhere in your documents. If you go to change it, it should give you a destination.

Alright, thanks, I'll go try it

[Kerbart]

Looks like Windows 7 or higher. I don't think you can do that. In the older versions you could (auto-arrange off, obviously) create a temporary icon, put it in the center, select all icons, move the temporary one to the edge (and the rest off-screen) and then delete the temporary one. But newer versions of windows prevent you from moving the icons off screen.

If your graphics card driver comes with a multiple desktop app (a lot of them do) you could create a second desktop without any icons.

Or you could move them all into a "desktop" folder on your desktop, minimizing the number of icons down to one.

[Spaceception]

Just now, Kerbart said:

Or you could move them all into a "desktop" folder on your desktop, minimizing the number of icons down to one.

I've only been able to do that for 2, the others won't go.

[Ten Key]

For Windows 7, right click on the desktop, select "View" from the context menu, and deselect the "show desktop icons" option.

[Spaceception]

Just now, Ten Key said:

For Windows 7, right click on the desktop, select "View" from the context menu, and deselect the "show desktop icons" option.

It's a windows 8

[Slam_Jones]

1 hour ago, Spaceception said:

It's a windows 8

 

Just attempted and it works for Win 8 as well.

Right-click on desktop > View > Show desktop icons

 

 

Though personally, I start by keeping the desktop uncluttered, and maintain it by moving extra icons into a folder next to the recycle bin.

Edited April 9, 2016 by Slam_Jones

[legoclone09]

57 minutes ago, Slam_Jones said:

Though personally, I start by keeping the desktop uncluttered, and maintain it by moving extra icons into a folder next to the recycle bin.

My desktop was really messy a few weeks ago. It now consists of a shortcut to Hamachi, a pictures folder, a games folder (game folders have custom icons), and the trash. It's so much nicer than a half full desktop consisting of outdated mods, old installs, and Minecraft/Unturned saves.