{"id":18446,"date":"2022-06-10T02:55:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T02:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18446"},"modified":"2022-06-10T02:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T02:58:57","slug":"remove-shadow-from-desktop-icon-text-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-shadow-from-desktop-icon-text-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Methods to Remove Shadow from Desktop Icon Text in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I remove text shadows on Windows 11 desktop icons? By default, all desktop icons have a drop shadow under the text label. Sometimes, the shadow can make the icon label blurry and difficult to read against the desktop background. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple methods to remove shadow from desktop icon text in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

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Method 1: Remove Shadow from Desktop Icon Label via System Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows<\/strong> key + R<\/strong> together to bring up the Run box, type sysdm.cpl<\/strong> and press Enter to open System Properties dialog<\/a>.\n

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  2. Choose the Advanced<\/strong> tab at the top, and then click the Settings<\/strong> button under the Performance<\/strong> section.\n

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  3. In the Visual Effects tab, uncheck the “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop<\/strong>” option and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  4. You must reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. The next time you sign into Windows, the drop shadow of each desktop icon label should be gone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Remove Shadow from Desktop Icon Label via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to the location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced<\/code>. Double-click the DWORD ListviewShadow<\/strong> on the right side pane.\n

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    2. In order to disable drop shadows for desktop icon labels, change its value data from 1 to 0, and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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    3. Close Registry Editor and restart your PC to apply the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How can I remove text shadows on Windows 11 desktop icons? By default, all desktop icons have a drop shadow under the text label. Sometimes, the shadow can make the icon label blurry and difficult to read against the desktop background. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple methods to remove shadow from desktop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4928,4927,3650],"class_list":["post-18446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-remove-shadows-on-desktop-icon-label","tag-remove-shadows-on-desktop-icon-text","tag-use-drop-shadows-for-icon-labels-on-the-desktop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18446","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=18446"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18465,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18446\/revisions\/18465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}