Removing Items/Icons from Desktop

I have installed items that I saved to my desktop. After installing them I moved them FROM my DESKTOP FOLDER into different folders (usually APPLICATIONS). Some of them remain on my desktop.
I don't want to keep the application but want to clear off my desktop. If I drag to the trash, I get the EJECT symbol.
How do I get the icon off my desktop without deleting it? Will dragging it to the trash really just eject or end the program? I have already pinned the ones I want to my dock.
Thanks in advance.

Each of the items with the eject symbol is a mounted disk image, and using the eject button will remove them from the desktop. A disk image cannot be unmounted if any of the items on it are in use, and the application needs to be quit first. The dmg file associated with that image will make the icon reappear on the desktop if double-clicked.
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