Skip to content

5000+ Great Articles

Best Articles & Essays: Interesting Articles to Read Online

  • Google Home Vs Amazon Echo: Which Is The One For You? Smart Home
  • Best Video Editing Software for YouTube Videos Reviews
  • How To Change Your Spotify Username Computer Tips
  • How To Add GPX Files To Google Maps How-To
  • The Best Xbox One Headsets Gadgets
  • Useful Google URLs and Services How-To
  • Tribal noise – cancellation headphones Product Reviews
  • 7 Websites With Free Online Books For Kids

    One of the most proud moments of my short career as a mom was when my daughter asked, "Can you read me a story?" It was a school night and we had ve

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

Posted on October 9, 2020 By blog_786 No Comments on Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

If you want to make it easier to display icons on the Windows 7/8/10 desktop, you can “remove” shortcuts from the desktop icons.

Before showing you how to remove shortcuts from desktop icons, you should know that there are two types of desktop icons. There are standard shortcuts that you can create for the programs you install, and there are desktop icons that you can place on the desktop for common functions such as Computer and Trash. You can define an icon as a shortcut if there is an arrow in the lower left corner of the icon, as shown in the image below.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

The method for removing text from each of these types of icons is different.

Remove text from desktop icon

To remove text from icons on the desktop, such as Computer and Trash, right-click the icon on the desktop and select Rename from the pop-up menu.

– /

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

Press space to insert a space in place of the text and press Enter.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

The desktop icon now looks like there is no text below it.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

NOTE. You can add and remove desktop icons by right-clicking the desktop, choosing Personalization from the pop-up menu, and clicking the Change Desktop Icons link on the Personalization screen. The Desktop Icon Options dialog box appears, where you can turn the desired desktop icons on or off.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

Remove text from shortcut

To remove text from a shortcut, right-click the shortcut icon and choose Rename from the pop-up menu.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

This time, instead of typing a space, hold the Alt key and type 255 on the numeric keypad. Press Enter. Note that you need to use the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard, not the one above the letter keys. Not sure why, but it only works when you use the keyboard on the right.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

For some shortcuts, the File Access Denied dialog box may appear. If so, click Continue to complete renaming the shortcut.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

There is no text under the label now.

Remove the Text Labels from Desktop Icons in Windows 7/8/10

The second thing to note about this method is that it only works for one icon on the desktop. If you try to use ALT + 255 for the second icon, it will say that there is already another icon with the same name. In this case, you will have to use ALT + 255 multiple times.

For example, for the second desktop icon, type ALT + 255, ALT + 255 and press Enter. For the third icon, you have to do it three times, etc., etc.

NOTE. We recommend that you only remove text from desktop icons and shortcut icons if the icons are easily identifiable without text. Enjoy!

–

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
How-To

Post navigation

Previous Post: Insert a Bullet in the Middle of a Sentence in Word
Next Post: Two Easy Fixes for Windows Update Error Code 0x80072efe

Related Posts

  • How To Automate The Boring Stuff – 6 Hacks To Make Life Simple How-To
  • How To Install And Make Skype Calls On Echo Show How-To
  • Can i mute one tab on google chrome How-To
  • How to Do Advanced Find Search in Google Chrome How-To
  • How to Use VLC With Chromecast How-To
  • How to Remove Parallels From Mac Along With Windows Installation File How-To

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Archives

  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • November 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • March 2021
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • December 2019
  • July 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018

Categories

  • AI Tools & Guides
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Apple Watch
  • Computer Tips
  • Cool Websites
  • Featured Posts
  • Free Software Downloads
  • Gadgets
  • Gaming
  • General Software
  • Google Software/Tips
  • Hardware
  • Help Desk
  • How-To
  • iOS
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • islamic Books
  • Linux
  • Linux Tips
  • Mac OS X
  • macOS
  • MS Office Tips
  • Networking
  • Office Tips
  • OS X
  • Product Reviews
  • Reviews
  • Safari
  • Smart Home
  • Smartphones
  • Software Reviews
  • technology
  • text
  • Tools Review
  • Troubleshooting
  • Tutorials
  • Uncategorized
  • Urdu Books PDF
  • Web Site Tips
  • Windows
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
  • Windows XP Tips
  • Wordpress
  • What Is “Other” Storage on Android And How to Clean It Up ?
  • 7 Legal Websites to Get Free Music Downloads
  • Six Copyscape Alternatives That you can use
  • How to Make Phone Calls Without Revealing Your True identity
  • 50 Useful Websites on the Internet You Didn’t Know Existed
DMCA.com Protection Status

Recent Posts

  • A Simple Trick to Get 50% Discount on Audible for Three Months
  • 6 Best PayPal Alternatives (2017)
  • How to Fix the the “Invalid SIM Card” Error on Android
  • What Is “Other” Storage on Android And How to Clean It Up ?
  • 8 Best Free and Paid Cloud Storage (2017)

Recent Comments

  1. Automatically Transcribe YouTube Video/Audio with Google Docs on 5 Best Team Management Apps (For Small and Large Teams)
  2. 6 Things You Need Know About Email Encryption on Delete All Emails from Gmail With Once Click
  3. Looking For YouTube Alternative? Try These 7 Video Sharing Sites on Ten Best YouTube Video Editing Software 2023
  4. 8 (+1 New) Ways to Post on Instagram From Computer on How I Solved My Bluestacks Graphic Card Error (2 Ways)
  5. Find out what WordPress Theme and Plugin a Website is Using on How to Install a Theme on WordPress
  • How To Uninstall Skype On Windows 10 Windows 10
  • How to Join a Minecraft Realm Gaming
  • Best checkbook cover with calculator 2020

    Best checkbook cover with calculator 2020. 1 - YOOMALL Leather Checkbook Register Cover Holder Case with Pen Holder Slim Wallet Top Re

  • How to Tunnel VNC over SSH How-To
  • These Services Are Free During Quarantine How-To
  • Switching From iPhone To Android – What You Need To Know Smartphones
  • An Advanced VBA Guide For MS Excel Office Tips
  • Paypal for Business: 6 Features You Need to Try Cool Websites

Copyright © 2023 How To Blog.

Powered by PressBook News WordPress theme

Go to mobile version