How to Change Windows 10 Desktop icons?

How to Change Windows 10 desktop icon

In this topic, I am going to show you how to change Windows 10 Desktop icons. It might be boring for everyone that see the same and same icons on his or her desktop screen every time he opens or works on his laptop or desktop. If you want to make your devices interesting for yourself or others so it is very easy for that you can customize your device like you can change the wallpaper, the color of your taskbar or anything else.

And some more realities you can make your friends various. One of the ways to make your devices is to change the icons of your devices, programs like changing the computers “Recycle bin” or any other programs. It is very simple but very useful. To change Windows 10 desktop icons, follow the instruction down below.

Change Windows 10 Desktop Icons

Step #1. Right click on the blank desktop and then choose “Personalize“ option to open the “Personalization” window.

How to Change Windows 10 Desktop Icons

Personalization

Step #2. Once the personalization window pops up, click “Theme” from the left-hand side. Now, “Desktop icons Settings“.

How to Change Windows 10 Desktop Icons

Desktop Icon Settings

Step #3. Select the desktop icon that you want to change it. Click on “Change Icon” button. There are hundreds of icon that you can choose from. If you did not like those icons, you can download it from here. When a new window is open then you have to choose any of the icons you want, scroll down for more icons on the right side of the window and don’t forget you can import any of the icons from the top of the windows which I have marked in the following picture, after choosing any of the icons click “OK” to end the last step.

How to Change Windows 10 Desktop Icons

Change Windows 10 Desktop Icons

The final result of changing desktop icons on Windows 10.

How to Change Windows 10 Desktop icons?

Change Windows 10 Desktop icon

Change Windows 10 Folder icon

So as many people may agree, the icons in Windows 10 look absolutely hideous. I have found an Icon pack I would like to use & I have successfully changed Icons such as Recycle Bin, My PC, My Network but when it comes to the Documents, Movies, Pictures, Download folders they simply won’t change.

Step #1. You can change the folder icon in two ways. The first way is this that you should right-click on the folder that you want change the icon and choose “Properties“.

Change Windows 10 Folder icon

Change Windows 10 Folder icon

Step #2. From the top menu bar, choose “Customize“. From the bottom of the screen, select “Change Icons“. Now, select the icon that you would like to use it.

Change Folder icon in Windows 10

Change Folder icon in Windows 10

The second method is using Tweaker software. You’re not only can change folder icon but also the other desktop icons as well.

Conclusion

In this article, we’ve mentioned how to change Windows 10 desktop icon and change Windows 10 folder icon. I hope that you guys have enjoyed reading this topic and hope that helpful for you. If you’ve any question, feel free to ask us down below this post. Thanks for being with us.

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Mukhtar Jafari is the founder and CEO of wikigain.com. He is CISCO CCENT & CCNA Certified and has got his diploma in IT Networking from North Metro TAFE PERTH. He is currently working as a Help Desk Technician at DEEPTECH Perth Western Australia. In addition, he loves helping other tech enthusiasts so he is working part-time on wikigain.com. He shares his experience through this website for IT beginners.

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