How to clean desktop on Windows

🗒️Task:

Clean desktop on Windows - get rid of icons and taskbar

🛠️Prerequisites (if applicable): 

Windows 11 (i thing it will work the same on Windows 10).

📝Instructions:

Hide desktop icons

1. Open desktop WIN + D (minimize all windows)
2. Right click on wherever on desktop and open context menu:
3. Click View → Click Show desktop icons

Automatically hide desktop taskbar

1. Right Click on the taskbar and click on Taskbar settings
2. Click on Taskbar behaviors
3. Check Automatically hide the taskbar

Outcome:

You end up with clean desktop - one with nothing except your wallpaper.

📖Further reading

Lekcje Programu | Ahoy!

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