# Clearing macOS Desktop Clutter


Every year I create a folder on my macOS desktop with the current year, like `2024` and move all the desktop items into it (so it contains a folder named `2023` and so on). The reason? To clear my desktop, as for some reason macOS defaults to it for saving various files.

This two-liner is better. Simply turns off the display of the files on your desktop. Perfect 👌

```
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false
killall Finder
```

And to change the default screenshot location:

```
mkdir ~/Pictures/Screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures/Screenshots
```