Removing shortcut icons on the desktop

I have a shortcut for something on my desktop and I want to delete it. Drag to trash? I didn't know if that would erase the actual application.
Thanks

If there is tiny arrow that indicated the icon is a shortcut, and you are sure that the actual application is installed properly in your application folder, when you drag that to trash and empty trash, it will only delete the shortcut, not the application itself.
Just don't empty the trash if you not sure, and try to find the application and launch it, if it launch properly, then you can empty the trash, if nat, drag that back from trash and put that to your application folder.
Good Luck.

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