all desktop icons gone on macbook

I think I accidentally synched the icloud drive and now all my desktop icons are gone. even some applications I downloaded from the web are gone. How can i get everything back?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 10:41 AM

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mulberry58

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Jul 11, 2020 11:12 PM in response to amanpuranik

See Fox Fifth's answer in this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251571758

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