is it safe deleting shotcuts?

joe134

Hi, I have sent lots of shortcuts that were cluttering my desktop to the bin,as I do not use them, usually always use "all progams".Is it safe to delete them from bin? will it affect the actual program i.e. remove it, or does it just delete the shortcut which can be reinstated should I require it ?I like to keep the bin tidy.

busenbust

Absolutely safe to delete shortcuts, if indeed they are the actual shortcuts;) They are often denoted by a right-pointing arrow

MsRed1

It's safe. Just deleted one and it says : Deleting the short cut only removes the icon. It does not uninstall the program.

ckerrd

If you find at a later date you want shortcuts they are easy enough to re-create

joe134

:T

busenbust wrote: »

Absolutely safe to delete shortcuts, if indeed they are the actual shortcuts;) They are often denoted by a right-pointing arrow

Hi,Thanks to all of you, the icons all have a right pointing arrow in the bottom left corner, curved to the right.Is this it?

busenbust

^Yes joe

John_Gray

joe134 wrote: »

Hi, I have sent lots of shortcuts that were cluttering my desktop to the bin,as I do not use them, usually always use "all progams".Is it safe to delete them from bin? will it affect the actual program i.e. remove it, or does it just delete the shortcut which can be reinstated should I require it ?I like to keep the bin tidy.

Think of them as road-signs. If a nefarious individual steals the road-sign, the road still stays! :T

ckerrd

John_Gray wrote: »

Think of them as road-signs. If a nefarious individual steals the road-sign, the road still stays! :T

I like that - very simple explanation.
Thanks