Hiding All Icons from the Desktop

1.Start Regedit

2.Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer

3.Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD

4.Name it NoDesktop

5.Give it a value of 1

6.Logoff or Reboot the computer

7.Now all icons are hidden on the desktop

Hide the Desktop Icons

Follow the given steps to to hide Desktop Icons:

Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with name NoDesktop and type REG_DWORD then change its value data 1.


Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.