When the time comes to clean up your work area and clear the clutter, check out these methods to remove icons from the desktop. After you minimize all programs so you can see your desktop clearly ...

Although you can simply delete most shortcuts on the Windows 8 desktop, system shortcuts cannot be removed this way. Similarly, Windows adds shortcut icons on the taskbar's notification area to ...

Press and hold on the app you want to delete. You may see a contextual drop-down menu appear, but keep pressing until all your apps start jiggling. Once the icons begin moving, simply tap the X or ...