4 Ways To Change Icon Size in Windows 10

When it comes to changing the icon size of your desktop, taskbar, and file explorer in windows 10, it is very simple and I will show you just how you can achieve that.

Windows 10 provides varieties of features for tweaking as needed.

Before I begin, you should understand what an icon is in Windows 10.

Don’t worry, i’ll make it brief ????.

You can navigate through the table of content to jump to your interest.

What Is an Icon?

An Icon is a small graphical representation file or program. If you double click on an icon, the file or program will simply be opened.

There are four kinds of icon in windows 10, which are:

1. Document Icons
2. Application Icons
3. Toolbar Icons
4. Menu Icons

Here’s an idea of what icons looks like in windows 10.

Why Do You Need to Change Icon Sizes in Windows 10?

We both know how obvious the answer is ????.

If you don’t know the answer, here you go:

1. To See Clearly

When you make an icon size bigger, the icon will be very visible to you which can help you see the icon text more clearly unlike when you make it smaller.

2. Creating Space for More Icons

If your icon size is too large, you would know that it takes a lot of room or space in that location and you won’t be able to view so much icon all at once. When you make your icon smaller, you have created more space for other icons and now you can view more icons all at once.

Where Can I Change Icon Size in Windows 10?

In Windows 10, icons are not located in just one location. Windows 10 has a lot of applications, folders, files, and shortcuts, and many of them have their own unique icons.

But, when you consider changing your icon size either smaller or bigger, there are four locations involved:

1. Desktop
2. Taskbar
3. File explorer
4. Display settings

These locations are the major places your icons are and you can change the icon sizes of each of them.

How to Change Icon Size in Windows 10

Here’s how to change your desktop, taskbar, and file explorer icon sizes in windows 10

Change Desktop Icon Size

There are two methods to change your desktop icon size in windows 10.

First Method

1. Right click on and empty area on your desktop.

2. Move your mouse arrow to view to reveal other options.

3. Now you can resize your desktop icon by choosing between large, medium and small icons.

Second Method

1. Go to your desktop. Make sure every application is closed or minimized.

2. Now, use this command to resize your desktop icon in windows 10.

3. Press and hold Ctrl while you scroll your mouse wheel up or down to make is bigger or smaller.

Ctrl + Scroll mouse wheel up to make icons bigger.

Ctrl + Scroll mouse wheel up to make icons smaller.

Note – if you have a trackpad instead of mouse, use two fingers simultaneously to scroll up or down.

Change Taskbar Icons Size

1. Right click on an empty space in your taskbar.

2. Click on taskbar settings.

Note – another way to open taskbar settings is to search for it in windows search.

3. Inside taskbar settings, make sure use small taskbar button is turned on.

4. Immediately you turn it on, you will notice your taskbar icons will get smaller.

Change File Explorer Icon Size

There are two methods to change your file explorer icon size in windows 10

First Method

1. Press and hold the following command to open file explorer.

Windows key + E

exclude +

2. Navigate to the view tab located at your upper left-hand corner.

3. Inside the view tab, change your icon size in the layout section.

Second Method

1. Press and hold the following command to open file explorer.

Windows key + E

exclude +

2. While inside file explorer, use this command to resize your desktop icon in windows 10.

Press and hold Ctrl while you scroll your mouse wheel up or down to make is bigger or smaller.

Ctrl + Scroll mouse wheel up to make icons bigger.

Ctrl + Scroll mouse wheel up to make icons smaller.

Note – if you have a trackpad instead of mouse, use two fingers simultaneously to scroll up or down.

Change Windows 10 Scale and Layout

This will change the overall windows 10 interface of your computer and not just your icon.

You can either make your windows 10 interface bigger or smaller.

Here’s how,

1. Right click on an empty area in your desktop.

2. Click on display settings. You can also open display settings by searching for it in windows search.

3. Navigate to the scale and layout section.

4. Click on the drop down to change your icon scale and layout on windows 10.