Image thumbnail stuck on screen

My solution: Uncheck Look up & data detectors on System Preferences / Trackpad / Point & Click tab.

• Doing this it wont happen again!!!

(To get rid of the image stuck just Force Quit the Finder)

• Click on Finder, then click on Apple icon on the top left and click Force Quit, the image will vanish.

I will keep posting it but Apple should check further on this function and fix permanently the problem!

I have a quick and easy fix. Please let me know if this works for anyone else. This happens to me sometimes.

All you do is when this happens is go in finder or any file for that matter and use quick look. Hit the space bar several times (quick looking any file) and the "ghost file" usually disappears. It works for me all the time and you don't have to quit finder as well.

This quick look fix worked fine, and since quick look (for me) puts up a thumbnail identical to what got stuck on the screen super briefly before the image fully opens in quick look, I bet the stuck thumbnail got there via some sort of light touch of the space-bar as I was double-clicking to open a few images in Preview. Can't recreate such now, but...

So doing "quick look" via the space bar on any file worked like a charm for me. Thanks!

Open Terminal under Utilities in the Applications folder.

Run this command: sudo killall Dock

Enter your admin password when asked.

This will refresh the screen and get rid of the lingering icon.

Ok, so we all now know to force quit and relaunch finder! The thing is, I’ve had macs for over 20 years and this has never happened before. There must be a reason and therefore a solution that will cure the problem from happening in the first place?

Please can someone from Apple identify this problem and fix it....

eqs_x wrote:

COME ON APPLE, USE THIS INFORMATION AND SEND AN UPDATE DISABLING THAT FUNCTION!!! Actually close this topic and add this solution as reply to the fist post as well or change this topic title to SOLUTION TO THUMBNAIL STUCK ON SCREEN or... (this if any Apple professional is looking at this post what I doubt by now) (4th reply)

Remember that Apple is not here. We're all just users like yourself. If you want to complain to Apple use this link: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

My solution: Uncheck Look up & data detectors on System Preferences / Trackpad / Point & Click tab.

• Doing this it wont happen again!!!

(To get rid of the image stuck just Force Quit the Finder)

• Click on Finder, then click on Apple icon on the top left and click Force Quit, the image will vanish.

I am having this issue as well... it happens at random times. I currently have two "preview" icons "stuck" on my screen. No matter where I go they are there on top of everything else. This has been happening every so often and the only way it disappears is to restart. You can see the two images in the attached photo.

I too have this anoying issue and am trying to find a fix?

There has to be a cause, so there must be a solution, if anyone can find a way of preventing this in the first place, do please share!

Thank you.

we are having the exact same issue

brand new macbook pro with touchbar

running the most current version of high sierra

all software updates done

has anyone solved this problem??

other than having to relaunch finder repeatedly??

please help

If you purchased that MBP within 15 days you can take it back for a immediate full refund - no questions asked. If it's been more than 15 days you have 90 days for free phone support so give Apple support a call or take it in to the nearest Apple Genius Bar for a free diagnostic and repair.

Well I have this problem as well, but on an iMac (New 18,3)....so the solution of turning off a function in the track pad is not a solution as I don't have any options under the Track Pad prefs. Restarting the Finder also doesn't get rid of the icons. See the Mar 22 icon that is stuck. This got left after using Launch Pad after launching the Menu Calendar app.

Perfect, thanks!!!

Great tip.