Your desktop icons may be hidden. To view them, right-click the desktop, select View, and then select Show desktop icons. To add icons to your desktop such as This PC, Recycle Bin and more:
Select the Start button, and then select Settings > Personalization > Themes.
Under Themes > Related Settings, select Desktop icon settings.
Choose the icons you would like to have on your desktop, then select Apply and OK.
Note: If you are in tablet mode, you may not be able to see your desktop icons properly. You can find the program by searching for the program name in File Explorer. To turn off tablet mode, select action center on the taskbar (next to date and time), and then select Tablet mode to turn it on or off.
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See more results. How to Hide Desktop Icons in Ubuntu 20.04 By Odysseas Kourafalos / Jul 22, 2020 Updated Mar 8, 2021 / Linux If hiding the top bar and side panel isn’t enough, and you want everything gone from your Ubuntu desktop, then you’d probably also like to get rid of those pesky icons on its surface. My Taskbar setting “hide in desktop mode” get unchecked when this happens (no reason given) I go to Taskbar setting, recheck it and instantly the icons goes back in main display. (no reason given) I never found this solution on the web. Found it on my own by chance few months ago (I agree: Windows10 sucks) Hih Alain. First, you need to right-click on the Desktop. Make sure you are clicking on the icon and only clicking on the clear side of the Desktop. You will get many options; click on the View option. In View, you need to go to Show Desktop icons and check on it to activate it for viewing the desktop icons.