As soon as you choose a different icon size, Windows 7 applies the change, and places a mark next to the icon dimension you are currently using.Click on ' Large icons' to make your desktop icons larger or on ' Small icons' to make them smaller. Under the View submenu, you see three icons size options: by default, ' Medium icons' is selected.Right-click on an empty area of the desktop (between icons).Make your desktop icons smaller or larger (from default size of Medium)įollow these simple steps to change the size of desktop icons in Windows 7: