Many people use their desktops extensively to store important shortcuts to applications and files that they use often. When those desktop icons disappear, it can really impact your productivity.

We've gathered possible causes and solutions for missing desktop icons in Windows 10, including configuration settings to ensure this issue doesn't occur again.

There are several reasons why your desktop icons may disappear. These include:

We'll first look at the simplest and most common solutions, and then move on to more advanced solutions.