If you don't disable it manually, most will add a new desktop icon by default. After a few years of this, you'll find that ...

Ubuntu's DING extension adds new keyboard shortcuts for desktop icon selection, including multi-select, Ctrl+Space toggle, ...

Delete them all to purge and rebuild your icon cache in Windows 10. This will force Windows to refresh iconcache, and remove the white blank icons. Refresh the Desktop, and the icons should be good.

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.

This frustration is reflected in the Windows 11 Feedback Hub, where a suggestion to never combine app icons and show labels has received 17,527 upvotes, making it the 10th most requested feature.

For some instances, you'll need to reinstall the application. If you have another Mac, you may be able to copy the icons from that machine, if they are missing.

An unofficial desktop application that realizes almost the same interface as the Chrome app version of YouTube Music officially distributed by YouTube, and can use various plug-ins such as ad ...