What do I do with the .dmg icon on the desktop?

Whenever I download a program and install it, the .dmg icon remains on the desktop. Sometimes they disappear but the latest has persisted for more than a week. Do I trash it or move it somewhere?

Hi n,
I used to do that will all downloads/updates/upgrades, but after many years, it got so large and just something else to "house clean," that I stopped doing it, erased the folder, gained over 20GBs on my HD, and don't have to spend any time messing with it; on the rare occasion I need to re-download something, it's no big deal to me. Obviously ymmv.

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