Photo window appears on Tahoe 26

Since upgrading to Tahoe 26.0.1, a random photo appeared on my desktop. How do I remove it?

Mac mini, OS X 10.11

Posted on Nov 9, 2025 4:17 PM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2025 5:44 AM

It appears to be one of the Photo Widgets. Right or Control click it and choose Remove Widget.

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Nov 9, 2025 4:54 PM in response to jpoll3

jpoll3 wrote:

Since upgrading to Tahoe 26.0.1, a random photo appeared on my desktop. How do I remove it?


You do not paint a very big picture. Old issue, new issue, what changed?

Maybe you can say more...


is this a Desktop wallpaper? Make changes ref: Customize the wallpaper on your Mac



The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.1 — I would start there.

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Nov 10, 2025 5:39 AM in response to leroydouglas

When I updated my OS to Tahoe 26.0.1 the screen image changed from a forest photo to a rocky coastline photo. That didn't matter but what also appeared is a window showing a photo selected randomly from my photo library. I moved it to the bottom right corner just to get it out of the way of my desktop but I want to remove it. When I click on the photo it just opens my Photo Library but I don't see any way to remove it from the desktop. I can't delete it or edit it other than to just change the photo displayed. How do I remove it completely? Here's a screenshot of the photo (lily pads) over the background photo (wallpaper).

Photo window appears on Tahoe 26

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