Icons appearing twice on desktop

I have a MacBook Air running Big Sur and icons on the desktop appear twice now. When I try to interact with the clones, I can't do anything with it.

Example here ⬇️

https://youtu.be/L4Zt7QLOUJw

P.S. I know how to fix it:

Just log out

But I want to see if its possible to fix sometime soon.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Oct 8, 2021 02:43 AM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2021 03:49 AM

You have the original folder and then you have created an alias folder the alias has the little arrow bottom left.

Drag the aliases to the Trash and empty the Trash.


See screenshot below,


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Icons appearing twice on desktop

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