Are you currently using a Windows pc and your desktop looks like a chaotic mess of icons? We would like to discuss a few techniques for you to clean it up and have a nice tidy and tidy looking screen. We will show you how you will have the ability to hide, remove or arrange desktop icons in the following paragraphs.

The initial step to begin and arrange desktop icons is to organize them by type. To achieve this, somewhere on your desktop, use your right mouse click function and click on on sort by function. This will place all your icons in order by file type. Also you can select by name if you like, but we prefer by type. Another option would be to auto arrange if you wish.

When you have them all neatly organized, you may want to start to remove desktop icons which you do not need, or are un-installed (if a program shortcut). This is another simple task. You are able to do them individually or together. To delete singularly, just right mouse click on the icon and click delete, you will receive a confirmation, click yes and then it is completed. If you would like remove multiple icons, simply use your mouse and also the control key, move your mouse over the icon and click on while press the control key, this will highlight it, do this for as many as you wish. Then right mouse click and delete.

Should you not wish to remove desktop icons, but organize them in groups, it is possible to create folders on the desktop. Right mouse click on your desktop and click new – folder after which give it a name. Once this is done, to arrange icons you can just left mouse click on one and drag and drop it into your newly created folder.

After you have completed the steps previously mentioned and have all unwanted files removed or put into folders, now you may arrange desktop items by following this simple course of action. Right mouse click on your desktop, then click on sort, then chose how you want them (modified, name, type).

There are a couple of other options for your desktop, one is if you wish to hide desktop icons additionally, the other is called auto arrange. For hiding all, you should right mouse click on your desktop, then click view, and de-select “Show Desktop Icons”. Not too many people I know use this option, but it is there if you want it. To continually have your new icons be put in rows and columns and never spread out all over the place randomly, you should use the auto arrange option. Right click on your desktop, click view, select “Auto Arrange”, completed.

More than likely if you are like the majority of us, you are going to be creating shortcuts and adding files on the desktop often, so you would want to arrange desktop items often by carrying out the steps mentioned previously.