How to remove icon from desktop

I have added an external hard drive (for back up.) It has a USB connection. Its icon appears on my desktop. It is only so much clutter, and I would like to make it disappear, as I have done with the icon of the internal HD. Can that be done? If so, how?

You do it the same way you did with your internal HD.
Finder -> Preferences -> General -> Show these items on the desktop -> External disks

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