Windows 10: How to remove Green Check Marks on Desktop Icons in Windows 11/10

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Some of you have seen green check marks on your desktop files, folders, and some icons. These check marks appear at the bottom left side of files, folders, and shortcut icons placed on the desktop. Don’t get confused with the little green arrows that appear on the bottom left side of desktop shortcuts. These check […]

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Removing OneDrive Green Check Mark Icons in Windows 10 file explorer


Hi,
Does anyone know if one can remove the green check marks in file explorer that indicate that a file is synced on OneDrive?
If one is using list, details or small icon view, there is no way to visually see the file type.
Thanks, Paul

 

Desktop Icons Changing - Green Check Marks, Etc.

I'm having problems with my Windows 10 desktop icons changing and being overlaid with little and sometimes large green check marks.
They come and go on their own and sometime the icon will be overlaid with an X or completely covered with some other icon.
Refresh clears the icon back to normal but then they will change again.

Any ideas?

 

Remove Linux Desktop Icons

I am not sure whether this will work (Ubuntu does not have icons like that on the desktop by default), but I suggest opening the trash bin and sweeping the icons into the window showing the trash bin.