# Rocky10 How to enable desktop icons

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [June 15, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky10-how-to-enable-desktop-icons/18811 "2025-06-15T05:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![HandSonic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/handsonic/32/4940_2.png) [@HandSonic](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/HandSonic)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky10-how-to-enable-desktop-icons/18811/1 "2025-06-15T05:48:23Z")

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Previously, desktop icons could be enabled by activating gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons, but this option does not work in 10. Is there a solution?

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**Author:** ![lumarel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/lumarel/32/909_2.png) [@lumarel](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/lumarel)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky10-how-to-enable-desktop-icons/18811/2 "2025-06-15T06:37:54Z")

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Hi there!

As far as I can see this package is still available in AppStream, so by installing that and enabling the extension you should be able to get the Desktop Icons 👌🏻

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**Author:** ![HandSonic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/handsonic/32/4940_2.png) [@HandSonic](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/HandSonic)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky10-how-to-enable-desktop-icons/18811/3 "2025-06-15T06:49:40Z")

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I have installed and enabled this extension, but it does not seem to be working. 🥲

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**Author:** ![lumarel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/lumarel/32/909_2.png) [@lumarel](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/lumarel)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky10-how-to-enable-desktop-icons/18811/4 "2025-06-15T07:52:17Z")

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Tested it myself too now, and yeah doesn’t seem to want to work 🤔  
Will look into that in the next weeks.

For now what you could do is i.e.:

install Extension Manager by Mathew Jakeman via the GNOME Software application  
and install GNOME Desktop Icons NG by rastersoft from there

Have been using that on Fedora for a long time now and that worked pretty well 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky10-how-to-enable-desktop-icons/18811/5 "2025-08-14T07:52:19Z")

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