On Windows 11, you can change the visibility of the desktop icons. You can hide them all or each one individually for a clean desktop without clutter. Or you can show as many as you want for quick ...

A desktop overloaded with shortcuts and a taskbar filled with pinned apps can make your desktop look messy and harder to navigate. Fortunately, Windows offers plenty of customization options to make ...

Related: Fix Desktop icons not showing. Right-click on the Desktop and then click on View. Make sure to untick the Auto Arrange icons option. You can also uncheck the Align icons to girds option.