Delete Desktop Icons and Shortcuts on Mac OS X Yosemite
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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to delete icons from the desktop of your Mac running OS X Yosemite.
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- 1In this example, there are several icons on the right side of the screen, representing icon shortcuts. We'll delete the one for "QuickTime Player".The first thing we need to do is have some icons on the desktop to delete.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 2To do this, move the mouse over the "QuickTime Player" icon.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 3Then click and hold the mouse button, or press and hold on the touchpad, and then drag the icon down toward the bottom of the screen.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 4Now, that icon has been moved to the "Trash".When the dock appears, drag the icon to the "Trash" can on the far right and let go.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 5In this case, we'll use the touchpad, and we'll press and hold two fingers on the "Image Capture" icon.Additionally, we can right-click, which on a Mac is accomplished by holding the Option button and clicking the mouse or by pressing two fingers and holding over the icon we would like to access the right click or option click menu from.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 6Then remove the fingers and release the click to move that icon to the Trash.On the menu that opens, we can then move our fingers over until the "Move to Trash" option is highlighted.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 7We can also take and press down on the desktop and slide over, which will give us a selection window.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 8When we've selected icons, and there may be more than one selected, we can use the same option, the click or two-finger click discussed earlier, or we can press one time to drag the icons down to the "Trash" can on the dock.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 9Now, everything has been moved to the Trash, and we have a clean and pristine desktop.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
- 10If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please let us know in the area below.This concludes our tutorial on moving icons shortcuts to the Trash on a Mac running OS X Yosemite.Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
Video: Delete Desktop Icons and Shortcuts on Mac OS X Yosemite
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Hey. Trying to delete Kaspersky from MAC Air?
Moved to trash and emptied. Quit, uninstalled everything. Shortcut is still there and can't use new antivirus because it is still there.
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The option for moving to trash an icon are not appearing despite clicking the icon on desktop?
Deleting desktop icon on mac. how can this be successfully done
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