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quickly remove screenshots from desktop

I just did the most recent update and when my MacBook Pro restarted, every single screenshot I have ever taken appeared on my home screen. Is there a fast way to remove those screenshots all at once from the screen without slogging through and removing them one at a time? There are some screenshots I need to keep so I don't want to just delete them all.

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Posted on Aug 17, 2022 10:21 AM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2022 10:57 AM

Yes. Open a new Finder window and click on the Desktop in its sidebar. Then do a ⌘+F to start a search with this criteria: Name contains screenshot. You'll get this (I have only one screenshot on the Desktop):



Then you can do a ⌘+A (select all) and drag them to the Trash bin.


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Aug 17, 2022 12:35 PM in response to elle-56

On your Desktop, right-click and choose Use stacks from the secondary menu. Your screen shots will all be collected into a stack named Screen Shots. Click on that stack to open it, select the first screen shot, and press the space bar to display that image in a Quick Look Window. If you want to delete an image, then press cmd+backspace to move it to the Trash, and the next image will appear in Quick Look. If you want to skip over an image to save it, use the down-arrow key. Don't forget that if you accidentally delete one of these you want to keep, open the Trash folder, right-click on the redeemable image, and choose Put back.


Right-click on your Desktop and click that Use stacks menu item to disable that feature.


Empty the Trash when you are finally done.

quickly remove screenshots from desktop

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