Icon stuck on mac Desktop

[spectyr]

Hi all!
I own a MacBook pro early 2011 make. I'm stuck with an icon(for some pdf file) on my desktop which would not move or trash. Upon checking with terminal, the file is non-existent. Please help.

 

[ancelrick]

Hi all!
I own a MacBook pro early 2011 make. I'm stuck with an icon(for some pdf file) on my desktop which would not move or trash. Upon checking with terminal, the file is non-existent. Please help.

reboot..

 

[heisenberg123]

Hi all!
I own a MacBook pro early 2011 make. I'm stuck with an icon(for some pdf file) on my desktop which would not move or trash. Upon checking with terminal, the file is non-existent. Please help.

did you restart?

 

[macinhand]

Relaunch finder and it should disappear!

HTH?

 

[spectyr]

Rebooting did the trick. Thanks everyone for their valuable suggestions.

 

[Angeypants]

Relaunch finder and it should disappear!

HTH?

Yep - apple menu > force quit > finder worked perfectly for me in this irritating situation!