Hiding the icons on the desktop of a Mac

To hide the icons on your desktop:

1: Open the Terminal on your mac

2: write or copy and paste

• defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false

3: write or copy and paste

• killall Finder

To show the icons on your desktop:

1: Open the Terminal on your mac

2: write or copy and paste

• defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true

3: write or copy and paste

• killall Finder

killall Finder will restart your Finder process, (the windows and icons..)