Windows Folder Icon With Two Blue Arrows

After updating windows 10 to ver.1803.xxx i get these 2 circular arrows next to every icon label.

Windows folder icon with two blue arrows. Depending on your file explorer settings, you may see icons that look larger or smaller. They only appear on icon labels inside a folder. The blue arrows on an icon indicate that the selected file has been compressed in order to save space.

The two blue arrows on desktop icons cam appear when you compressed a file or a folder. Click start and type indexing options and press enter or click on the indexing options entry once it is displayed. Here is the link in order to remove the shortcut arrow.

Hi, two arrows in a blue circle has appeared next to my images. Once you have the ico file on your computer, copy and paste it to c: All you need to do is put a blank icon file somewhere on your pc, then make a small registry change to make windows display this blank image instead of the blue double arrows icon.

Two small blue arrows on the top right corner of the icon indicate a compressed file or folder. This article will show you how to remove the double blue arrows icon in windows 10. If you are not happy to see the blue arrow, you can remove them.

If file names or folder names show up in blue, it is because file compression or encryption is enabled on that file or folder. I assumed they may be a new visual cue for syncing with onedrive or onedrive for business, however, after spending the last hour searching the web i have not found any images/content that matches these same arrows. My research keeps pointing me in the direction of outlook.

When files or folders are compressed, they appear as having two blue arrows overlaid on the icon. When you move a file or a folder to a compressed folder, the two blue arrows can also come. Some one can explain why, and especially how to remove these blue arrows?