If your Windows 10 desktop icons are missing, there could be a problem with your icon settings or your Windows core system. Problems like these often have no apparent reason, which makes them difficult to troubleshoot.
Restore missing or disappeared desktop icons
However, there are some standard solutions that you can try to fix the missing desktop icons issue on your computer.
If you prefer to watch a video, check out our YouTube tutorial below that goes through a few options. If none of these options work, read the rest of the article as there are even more steps and solutions listed there.
The first and most basic thing you’ll want to do before trying any other methods is to check if the option that shows your desktop icons is enabled. If you or someone else disabled the option for some reason, that’s why your Windows 10 desktop icons are gone. However, you can get them all back with just a few clicks.
