How to remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons in Windows 10, 11

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In this video, let me share with you a method on How to remove shortcut arrows from desktop in Windows 11 operating system. Also, this method will work in Windows 10 too

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[TechNtechh]

Hey Guys,
If anyone faces a Blackbox issue on icons after restart then try the below method
Thank you everyone 👍👍👍👍

[dragunaut.]

For people who got a black square, here is how to fix:

1. Download a blank, transparent .png and convert it to .ico file format
2. Save it somewhere in your pc, and copy its path
3. at 2:47 paste the path to the value data instead of what shown in the video

This should work.

[YvonneGamache]

This is actually incorrect - at least in Windows 11. If you follow the instructions and put the "-50" on the end, you get a black box where the arrow used to be. Per Microsoft, if you just use "50" (without the minus sign), it will create a transparent area, not a black area, which is what we're all looking for. Hope this helps!

[conurm]

ACTUAL FIX FOR WINDOWS 11 USERS: the black box is a windows 11 specific issue, but to fix it, don't follow any of the stuff others have listed cause i tried them and they didn't work. i found a fix instead where you double click the string value you made and just get rid of the value data and leave it blank. restart explorer, restart your pc, and it should actually stay blank this time. it worked for me, just thought i would share. hope it works for yall!

[jeterang]

What a simple and easy tutorial with the desired results great work man!

[t-wrecks]

I did this and it worked like a charm until I had to reboot. After reboot where there were once arrows were now black boxes that were almost as large as the icons themselves. I tried to restart Explorer but to no avail so I just went into the registry and deleted what I created. All is back to normal now and I'm happier with the arrows rather than this "fix." Sorry, but this didn't work too well for me.

[thatqne]

To fix black boxes for windows 11:

Set value of 29 in the registry (watch the video if you havn't) to a blank value, then restart explorer from task manager

[mondory-inc]

Forget about these gymnastics with string values. JUST DELETE THE CODE YOU PUT IN 29 (i.e. %windir%\System32\shell32.dll, -50) AND RESTART.

[rachelmoore]

IF YALL GOT BLACK BOXES DELETE WHAT YOU CREATED AND MAKE A NEW ONE BUT DONT PUT ANYTHING IN THE VALUE DATA thats what worked for me anyways OR you can change the size of your icons to something smaller and i think that works too

[HeresTony]

Thank you so much! Never really liked those shortcut arrows. Great tutorial!!!

[cosryuu]

It worked but when I enlarge the icons it had a square black void on my icon instead of an arrow.

[sanvirahmed]

thank you.
before watching this, I did this with third-party software.
now by following you, I did this without any software.
Thank you.

[ingulea]

Amazing! Worked very well and i don't have any shortcut icons now! You earned a sub!

[zoogl]

funny how they were going for a nice and clean aesthetic but they decided to make all desktop icons incredibly ugly and unclean looking with those pointless arrows

[peboko]

This worked as it should've, it made the arrows transparent, but it also made the icon behind them transparent aswell, so it looks like the icon has a random sqare piece missing. Is there any way to fix this? I have a Windows 11 Home.

If I change icon to bigger, will it still keeping the same results?

[V_ultrakill-co]

casual tip: if you cant find the file explorer just open it and then go back in task manager and then restart the application (or atleast thats what i did and it worked)

[RasagnaBathyala-kd]

Its actually working sir...but i have one issue after completion of this process the apps key is removed but the corner of the apps small right mark is there ...how to delete that plz tell me this

[gotsx]

For those who didnt get this Just while naming the folder type Shell icons and not Shell icon
And dont leave space in %windir%\System32\shell32.dll, -50 copy from % and end it on 50

[davybloggs]

Excellent concise instructions, which worked for me and I'm running W11 Pro, 22H2 Build 22621.1702 - May31st 2023. Thank you.