William Beaver asked for “a simple, safe” way to remove the arrows from the shortcuts on his desktop. Shortcuts point to files–usually but not always programs–that are stored elsewhere on your drive.

If you want to remove the Up/Down arrows in the Taskbar of Windows 11 and show all icons, you can do so via Windows Settings or Drag and Drop. Using Windows Settings Using Drag and Drop Let us take a ...

Mike Littman doesn’t like those “pesky little arrows” that Windows displays on shortcuts, and asked how to remove them. [Email your tech questions to [email protected] or post them on the PCW Answer ...

If you can’t unpin or remove program icons from the Taskbar on your Windows 11/10 computer, this post will help you resolve the problem. The Taskbar is an integral part of the Windows desktop that ...

Windows Vista adds some big-ass arrows to its desktop shortcut icons. Luckily, the How-To Geek site has instructions on how to remove them. This tweak involves editing the Windows registry, not ...