If you are interested in knowing all the tricks of Windows 10, this article will be for you. Well, we will show you how to remove the name of the shortcuts or icons in Windows 10. Once you manage to follow the guide, you will have an unusual desktop that is more comfortable to view by creating your shortcuts in Windows.
Something positive about the method that you will learn is that it does not require the installation of any external program. Only with the tools of the official Windows 10 operating system (which is free), you will be able to ensure that your shortcuts do not have a name, or at least not a visible name…
Keep in mind that you will be using a version of the operating system from Microsoft, the famous multinational company founded by Bill Gates. So it will not be so simple, if you do not have experience in handling this type of system. Don’t despair! Following the steps that we will detail later, to the letter, you should be more than ready to remove the name of the shortcuts in Windows 10.
Once you achieve it, you can surprise your friends with this little trick. Of course, do not worry about causing any kind of damage to your desktop, since the process is totally safe. In case you want to revert it, and show the name of the desktop icons again, you will be fully enabled to do so.
What is Windows?
Above, we already mentioned that Windows is an operating system from Microsoft, the company founded by Bill Gates. But, the truth is, it is not entirely true that it is an operating system. We commonly refer to it that way, to greatly simplify things, or perhaps, some, due to ignorance.
The technical category to which Windows belongs is that of software distribution, or also called software distro. Consisting of a whole collection of software, for which use licenses can be established. The OS (operating system) family, to which Windows 10 belongs, is called Windows NT (for Windows New Technology).
Well, it is not the idea that you feel overwhelmed by so much information. On the other hand, the steps to remove shortcut names will be extremely easy to follow, with a little willpower.
How to remove the name of shortcuts or icons in Windows 10?
The process is not complex at all. The only requirements are: that your computer works using updated Windows 10, because it will not work for an older version; and that you know how to handle it in a basic way, to be able to follow the instructions. Also, of course you must have at least one icon on the desktop, to use it as a guinea pig.
You will direct the cursor to the shortcut in question (that includes folders), and you will press the right click of your mouse (anticlick). In that, a menu of options will be displayed, among which you will choose to change name (it is almost at the end of the displayed menu).
You will see that the current name of the icon is selected in blue. What you will do is press the Alt + 255 keys. Finally, you will click outside (in another part of the desktop), and a window will appear to grant permissions. All you need to do is hit the Continue button, which has a shield symbol on it.
Ready! Now you know how to remove the name of the shortcuts in Windows 10. But, I am going to tell you the secret. What you did, was use an invisible character in your icon name. So, if you want to rename more files this way, you’ll have to press Alt + 255 an extra time for each unnamed shortcut.
This is because we cannot have two files with the same name on our Windows 10 desktop.
Now it’s time to learn other tricks for Windows 10!
