Right-click desktop > View > uncheck Show desktop icons to hide everything at once.
“Now—while holding Ctrl—scroll your mouse wheel. Scroll down.” how to make desktop items smaller
Most Linux distributions using the GNOME desktop environment offer a simple resizing method similar to Windows: Right-click desktop > View > uncheck Show desktop
Leo didn’t know what to say to that, so he just patted her shoulder and went back to the couch. But Lena stayed at her computer for another hour, scrolling up and down, making the icons big, then small, then just right. She felt like a giant rearranging the furniture of her own little world. scrolling up and down