How to resize Windows 10 desktop icons?

OS "Windows 10" offers the user an extensive list of tools to personalize their system. Therefore, if you want to change the size of the Windows 10 desktop icons, or the icons in the file manager, or on the taskbar, you can do this without much difficulty.

Through RMB on the main screen

First of all, let’s take a look at the easiest way to scale icons. You don’t need to use third-party utilities, all you need to do is:

1. Minimize all open windows, if any.
2. Click anywhere on the Windows PCM desktop.
3. In the menu that appears, position the cursor on the "View" line. It is located very first on the list.
4. From the list, select the desired icon size. A choice of large, ordinary and small icons.

As soon as you make a choice and click on the LMB item, the size of all the labels will be immediately changed. As already mentioned, this is the easiest way to resize Windows 10 desktop icons.

In the file manager "Explorer"

Experienced users know that the "Desktop" is also in the corporate file manager from Microsoft. Now it will be told how to adjust the scale of the icons in it.

1. First of all, launch the Explorer itself. To do this, click on the same name button on the taskbar.
2. In the left sidebar, go to the "Desktop" section.
3. Similarly to the previous method, change the scale of the icons through the RMB menu.
4. On the top panel, go to the View tab.
5. Click on the "Options" button and select the "Change Folder Options" sub-item.
6. In the window that appears, again go to the "View" tab.
7. Click the "Apply to Folders" button again.
8. Click on "Yes" in the pop-up window to give permission for all the changes you make.

After completing all the actions, the size of the icons in the file manager will become fixed, and it will not change with each subsequent session.

We change the scale of the icons on the computer taskbar

The "Taskbar" also refers to the "Desktop". The size of the icons there can also be changed. This is done as follows:

1. Click on "Start."
2. Click on the "Options" icon.
3. In the list of all parameters, select the "Personalization" section.
4. In the sidebar, go to the "Taskbar" category.
5. In the main menu, change the position of the "Use small buttons" knob.

Accordingly, if you activate the switch, the icons on the taskbar will be scaled down; if you deactivate, they will become standard. Now you know all the methods of resizing Windows 10 desktop icons.