Windows 10: Fix Desktop Icons Are Missing! [Not Showing]

Suddenly the desktop icons have disappeared on your Windows 10 Laptop/Desktop Computer and you want them back? We will walk you through 3 easy and effective solutions to fix desktop icons not showing problems on Windows 10 PC.

Best ways to fix the Desktop icon not showing on Lenovo, Dell, HP, Samsung, or any computer running on Windows 10.

0:00 What This video is about
0:22 Solution 1: Allow Notification
0:53 Solution 2: Show Desktop icons
1:19 Solution 3: Remove icon cache and refresh

[markbrotherson]

Nailed it. Right click > view > show desktop icons was the fix for me! Innumerable appreciations.

[nemo]

Thanks for that. I watched a few other videos before yours and nothing worked. Your suggestions worked immediately. Fixed! Thanks so much!!

[glendacoswello]

Thanks for that. I watched a few other videos before yours and nothing worked. Your suggestions worked immediately. Thanks again.

[JMCava]

Thank you - I also tried many sites and this was the only one that was very clear with easy step by step instructions that I could follow. Nice job and thanks again.

[rudycramer]

Thank you! Viewed six videos and this one was the only one that worked for me.

[travisduquette]

My icons are there but they have turned into the paper with the fold and some of them have an e with the golden line on them, do you maybe know how I can fix this?

[JayodManamendraArachchi]

thank you soo much. i struggled so much to get them back.

[wobbsy]

thanks for helping idk how the icons dissapeared but now its fixed <3

[abquickjr]

Thanks this helped so much been watching vids for day trying to figure this out thanks!!!

[Cathal-M]

thank you so much this helped i thought my moniter broke and every other tutorial was about something else im liking this

[SketchyAntix]

THANK YOU FOR THIS! I was getting worried LOL
FIXED IT!

[joshuahernandez]

Awesome help, thanks for making it easy

[soicthesilly]

OMG! this was so freaking helpful, all my desktop icons disappeared after i played kinitopet and i was opening the file manager to get my stuff for 2 days until i found this. thanks so much! :3

[kenversal]

omg thank you! but for me, it didn't work. i don't know why it deleted my icons when i pressed the "free up space" option while using one drive. i rlly can't even like back it up now. 😭

an update: a huge thank you! it works!! <33 u deserve a sub.

[chickeneckflix]

Thank you so much! You just save 1 laptop today!

[larrydev]

I thought I got a virus until I saw this vid. Thanks bro!

[jackielenz]

Thank you, I had to do the full process and it all restored :)

[masiuliux]

thanks it works i was cleaning my keyboard when pc was turn on and by cleaning it i something click and all icon was gone

[uweresokindnowyouhatemebutwhy]

i dont have this problem some icons just have a standard file icon and not the original icon pls help

[mimaktharasha]

Thanks for making such a helpful video ❤