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Windows 11 cleans up desktop shortcuts, removes coloured backplates, existed since Windows 10

Summary by Windows Latest
Microsoft is finally allowing Windows 11 to use clean icons for apps on the desktop if they were downloaded from the Store. Previously, when you pinned a packaged app (UWP/MSIX), Windows used a coloured icon format, which resulted in a desktop with accent-themed boxes around the app icons. This is no longer the case. Current shortcuts on the desktop with background colour As shown in the above screenshot, the Windows 11 desktop doesn’t look tidy…
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Windows 11 cleans up desktop shortcuts, removes coloured backplates, existed since Windows 10

Microsoft is finally allowing Windows 11 to use clean icons for apps on the desktop if they were downloaded from the Store. Previously, when you pinned a packaged app (UWP/MSIX), Windows used a coloured icon format, which resulted in a desktop with accent-themed boxes around the app icons. This is no longer the case. Current shortcuts on the desktop with background colour As shown in the above screenshot, the Windows 11 desktop doesn’t look tidy…

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Windows Latest broke the news in on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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