You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

User profile for user: Jeffery Nunes
Jeffery Nunes Author
User level: Level 1
97 points

macos 11, how to prevent icons showing up on desktop?

Greetings,


The desktop has odd icons that I didn't put there. "today", "yesterday".

When I try to delete these items, it seems to remove other files from my desktop.

Luckily I noticed missing files before emptying trash.


I don't care what these items are, I just want to find a way to delete them and don't want them to affect any other files on my computer.


I looked around in Finder Preferences and didn't see anything relevant. searched the web and the forum a little and didn't find any article that seemed relevant.


any suggests appreciated.


thank you!

jeffery


--

MacOS 11.6.2

MBPro from 2020.


my rant...

I was forced to upgrade to macOS 11 a week ago.

unfortunately, it has a plethora of annoyances, a variety of useful and core features removed, and i haven't found a single improvement yet.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jan 21, 2022 3:49 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply
User profile for user: Barney-15E
Barney-15E
User level: Level 10
116,482 points

Posted on Jan 21, 2022 5:24 PM

Sounds like Stacks grouped by some Date.

Ctrl-click on the Desktop and disable Use Stacks.


unfortunately, it has a plethora of annoyances, a variety of useful and core features removed, and i haven't found a single improvement yet.

I haven't found any annoyances and I think it has much better features than Big Sur.

I seem to remember Stacks was introduced in Big Sur.

View in context

Similar questions

1 reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply
User profile for user: Barney-15E
Barney-15E
User level: Level 10
116,482 points

Jan 21, 2022 5:24 PM in response to Jeffery Nunes

Sounds like Stacks grouped by some Date.

Ctrl-click on the Desktop and disable Use Stacks.


unfortunately, it has a plethora of annoyances, a variety of useful and core features removed, and i haven't found a single improvement yet.

I haven't found any annoyances and I think it has much better features than Big Sur.

I seem to remember Stacks was introduced in Big Sur.

Reply

macos 11, how to prevent icons showing up on desktop?

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.
Learn more Sign up