How can I remove the Bing icon from my desktop?

1. Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab.
2. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
3. Click Edit, and then do one of the following:

·To change the owner to a user or group that is not listed, click Other users and groups and, in Enter the object name to select (examples), type the name of the user or group, and then click OK.

To change the owner to a user or group that is listed, in the Change owner to box, click the new owner.

4.       If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.

5.       Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:

You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?

All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.

Note:  folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.

6.       Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

Additional considerations:

• An administrator can take ownership of any file on the computer.
• Assigning ownership of a file or a folder might require you to elevate your permissions using User Access Control. 
  
  
  Hope this helps you. Let us know either way. Make it a great day! 

Hello scottyw,



Have you tried to removing the Bing Search bar thru the add and remove programs? I thought you meant left over reminents, which would be in files and folders. Icons are part of the program as you know. Try to remove it there and you should be good to go. Microsoft is not making you keep the Bing Search bar! Hope this helps you. Let us know either way. Make it a great day!

Thanks again for your reply, but it's not the search bar it is a icon, like you would have for a shortcut. Just a small icon and when I try to remove it or delete it or do any thing else to it a box pops up that says permission denied. I am in the administrator log on. I still think that microsoft is doing this to try to force me to keep Bing on my desktop.  Thank you very much for your help.