{"id":10811,"date":"2017-12-25T02:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T02:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=10811"},"modified":"2017-12-25T02:59:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T02:59:20","slug":"remove-shadow-under-icon-text-on-windows-10-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-shadow-under-icon-text-on-windows-10-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Shadow Under Icon Text on Windows 10 Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there any way to turn off or hide the shadows for desktop icon labels? On Windows 10 desktop, the text under icon text has a drop shadows effect by default, which can make the text illegible. Here’s how to remove shadow under icon text on Windows 10 desktop.<\/p>\n

Disabling shadow will make your desktop icons’ text labels easier to read against your background:<\/p>\n

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How to Remove Shadow Under Icon Text on Windows 10 Desktop?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Right-click the This PC<\/strong> shortcut on your desktop, and select the Properties<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.\n

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  2. In the System window, click Advanced system settings<\/strong> on the left side.\n

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  3. The System Properties window will open the Advanced<\/strong> tab. Click the Settings<\/strong> button under Performance<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Under Visual Effects tab, uncheck the box marked “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop<\/strong>“. Click Apply<\/strong> and then OK<\/strong>. If you can’t see the change, restart your PC.\n

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    That’s it!\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you’re a fan of hacking the Windows registry, you can simply remove drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop using Registry Editor. Navigate to the following key:<\/p>\n

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced<\/code><\/p>\n

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    Double-click the ListViewShadow<\/strong> entry in the right pane, change its value from 1 to 0. Reboot your computer and you should no longer have the drop shadow under icon text on Windows 10 desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Is there any way to turn off or hide the shadows for desktop icon labels? On Windows 10 desktop, the text under icon text has a drop shadows effect by default, which can make the text illegible. Here’s how to remove shadow under icon text on Windows 10 desktop. Disabling shadow will make your desktop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3651,3650],"class_list":["post-10811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-hide-drop-shadow-of-desktop-icon-label","tag-use-drop-shadows-for-icon-labels-on-the-desktop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10811"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10822,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10811\/revisions\/10822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}