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 ...

Alternatively, you can right-click on the desktop and select Personalize ... on taskbar apps which will hide the badges on Taskbar icons. This is how you can hide badges on Taskbar icons in ...

If an app icon appears on my desktop—ZAP! Gone. I now even hide my taskbar so that nothing greets me but a pristine wallpaper ...

Then from the ‘Taskbar Properties’ window select ‘Customize’. Next, select which Icons and notifications should appear on your taskbar and hit the ‘OK’ button. If this does not solve ...