I am trying to clean up my desktop on my Mac,how do I do that?

Daniel Moore

Hello, thank you for using Howly. I’ll be happy to help you out! May I ask your name?

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*****

Daniel Moore

Nice to meet you, *****!
Do you mean you want to clean your desktop by deleting icons on it?

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i am talking to you on my iPad, and I have my MAC Desktop open to my opening screen. The screen is populated with incoming emails. I want to clear my desktop screen!

Daniel Moore

Can you take a photo of the desktop with your iPad? Would be really helpful.

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Photo of desktop
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Daniel Moore

You want to delete all these icons, correct?

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These are all emails; how can I clear my desktop screen!

Daniel Moore

Can you just press and hold your mouse in one place? After that, while pressing, move your mouse, select the whole area where these icons are, and drag this area to the trash bin after.

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How do I grab all icons?

Daniel Moore

Once you will select an area, you can stop pressing your mouse. It will make your area one big icon. Tap on it and while pressing, move to the trash bin.
Or, you can click on each icon with the right click and tap on the "delete/remove"

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How do I Stop my emails from going to my desktop?

Daniel Moore

Are these emails from Microsoft Outlook?
Or just a regular email app?

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I believe MS

Daniel Moore

Open File > Options. In the “Mail” tab, scroll down to the “Save Messages” section and uncheck “Save copies of messages in the Sent Items folder.” Now click “OK” in the bottom-right of the “Options” window.
Is everything clear with the provided instruction?

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trying to follow instructions

Daniel Moore

Great!

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Thanks for your help