removing items from desktop

Asked by jillkaruso@yahoo.com

icons of mvws received via email (and viewed via moviemaker) transported themselves to the desktop and I cannot remove them or move them to trash.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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try:

cd ~/Desktop; ls -a

You can use:

sudo rm file_to_delete

to delete the offending icon

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