Fixed: How to Recover Files When Windows 10 Desktop Icons Are Missing

If you happen to meet Windows 10 desktop icons missing and the desktop becomes blank all of a sudden without any reason, you can try to troubleshoot by enabling the desktop icons visibility, showing all Windows desktop icons, or disabling the Tablet Mode. Besides, you can use a file recovery tool to retrieve desktop icons and files disappeared in Windows 10.

"This Morning, when I started my Windows 10, I had no icons on the desktop. Now, my only access to the computer is through the Start Button. What can I do to get my desktop icon back? There are a lot of important files and folders on my desktop. They also have gone with desktop icons! Please help me!"

When you are facing this kind of situation, you must be very bothered. Clam down and follow the solutions below to find the missing desktop icons and recover lost desktop files in Windows 10.

Quick Fixes for "Desktop Icons Are Missing in Windows 10" 

There three possible ways in tall on this page, you can try them one by one to check which one can help you get the missing Windows 10 desktop icons back.

Step 1. Enabling the Desktop Icons Visibility

• Click the "Start" menu and Search for "Settings".
• Inside Settings, click on "Personalization". From the next window, select the "Themes" tab from the left pane.
• Click on "Desktop icon settings" to open the settings to enable the Desktop icons visibility.
• Select the icons you want to show on the desktop and click on "Apply" and "OK" buttons afterward.

Step 2. Show All Windows Desktop Icons

• On the desktop, right-click your mouse and select "view".
• Inside the View tab, check for the "Show desktop icons" at the bottom. In your case, it might be unmarked. So, mark it as checked by clicking on it.
• Then, you will get your missing icons back at once.

Step 3. Disable the Tablet Mode

Windows 10 has two built-in types of Modes:  Desktop and Tablet. If you have enabled the Tablet mode, the Windows 10 desktop icon will be missing.

• Open the "Settings "again and click on "System" to open the system settings.
• On the left pane, click on "Tablet mode" and turn it off. Close the Settings window and check if your desktop icons are visible or not.

How to Recover All Missing Desktop Files

Files often get lost easily when your desktop icon disappears. And files loss also happens when there is a hard drive formatting/damage, OS crash, virus attack, or storage media corruption. But you don't have to worry if you have an effective file recovery tool. EaseUSEaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is famous for data recovery under difficult circumstance. You can use it to recover deleted files, formatted or inaccessible data in various data loss cases. Let's see how it works.

Step 1. Run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. Choose the drive where you lost files and start scanning. This software allows you to recover lost data from all devices, including HDD, SSD, USB drive, SD card, pen drive, camera, etc.

Step 2. Browse the full scan results. You can choose the file type you need by clicking on the file type filter. EaseUS data recovery software supports 1000+ file types like photos, videos, documents, emails, audio files, and many more. 

Step 3. Select the files you want to preview. Click "Recover" and set a storage location to save the recovered data.