How to disable the preview document icons (Blue, Green, Red etc.)

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#1

Hi all,
How do I disable these preview icons.
They are very irritating if you for example preview photos.
Sample
Thanks in advance.

#2

Where they appeared? On the ToolBar of the LibreOffice? Or in the Operating system (Desktop, folder)?
What operating system, and LibreOffice version are you using?

#3

Hi,
it appeared on the desktop and folders. I have Windows 10, Libre Office Version: 6.3.4.2 (x64).
Changed to this green one now.
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#4

It is not a LibreOffice related thing…

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/desktop-icons-have-symbols-on-them/ac95c7f6-e9a4-4c68-8eb7-75f31121dd4f

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#5

Thank you.
I will try that.

#6

Ok tried that.
Issue still persists though.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

#7

You can search for a solution in the Windows help.

Or choose Start>Settings>System>Screen to find a solution.

#8

It seem theese are called “icon badges” (edit: or “status overlay”) and known to show sync-status for cloud storage, but the following suggests also to be used by (backup) software from Norton

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#9

Thank you, finally fixed it. I thought it was related to MS and its OneDrive, but because I had already disabled it, I went to look at Norton.
Had to switch to the ‘Classic View’ as it wouldn’t show in the ‘modern’ view.
Only there I was able to untick ‘Backup Status Overlays’.
Unbelievable.
Here is a screenshot for anyone else trying to fix this:

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Thanks everyone.

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#10

Thanks for sharing this.
.
Seems overlay is controled in Windows registry by ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

And having the right term it is easy to get info from M$ to Wikipedia:

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