# Vealo - Clean Desktop > Vealo is a Windows desktop customization suite built around one idea: hide every desktop icon > into a single searchable panel, then style the whole desktop from one place. It is free on Steam > with an optional one-time "Vealo Pro" DLC. The app runs fully offline: no account, no telemetry, > no admin rights, nothing is ever deleted or moved on disk. ## Status and pricing - Released on Steam on 5 August 2026. Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4940750/Vealo/ - Vealo - Clean Desktop: free. - Vealo Pro DLC: 2.99 USD/EUR, one-time purchase, no subscription. Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4941470/ - Platform: Windows 10 and Windows 11, 64-bit. The Glass style needs Windows 11 build 22621 (22H2) or newer; on older builds the app falls back to the opaque Mono style and explains why. - Disk: about 390 MB installed. The .NET runtime ships inside the app, so it works on a clean Windows install. - Developer and publisher: Vealo. Website: https://vealo.app. Support: contact@vealo.app ## What the app actually does ### Clean desktop and the panel - Hides all desktop icons and shows them in a panel summoned by a hotkey (Ctrl+Space by default, fully reassignable) or by clicking an empty spot on the desktop. - Icons are only hidden, never moved or deleted. Turning the feature off restores the normal desktop instantly. - User-defined sections (for example Games, Apps, Files) with manual drag ordering, instant search across the folder tree, a clickable breadcrumb path, folders opening inside the panel, an image viewer, hidden-item support, and a Recycle Bin / This PC entry. - Tile sizes S, M, L; UI scale from 50% to 150%; the panel is resizable by any edge or corner. - Fast startup: a scheduled task marks the desktop as icon-free before Explorer builds it, so icons never flash at logon. - Optional power button in the panel: shutdown, restart, sleep, lock, plus a sleep timer. ### Multi-monitor - Each screen remembers its own panel size and position; the panel opens on the monitor where the cursor is. - Each screen can show its own set of shortcuts: arrange icons across monitors and the panel shows only the icons that live on that screen. - Mixed display scaling is handled correctly (for example a 125% laptop panel next to a 100% external monitor). - Per-monitor wallpapers, per-monitor video wallpapers and per-monitor brightness control. ### Themes and window style - A set of ready colour themes, all free. - Wallpaper theme (Pro): the whole interface recolours itself from the colours of the current wallpaper, including live wallpapers. - Custom theme (Pro): pick any colour, including an eyedropper that samples any pixel on screen. - Two window styles: Mono (opaque) and Glass (Windows 11 acrylic blur) with adjustable transparency. - Taskbar tinting to the theme colour, and "match system style" which pushes light/dark and transparency onto Windows. - Outline modes, window frame toggle, neon strength slider, six open animations (None, Bloom, Cascade, Radial, Glass, Pop). ### Wallpapers - Built-in gallery with categories: Abstract, Anime, City, Cozy, Dark, Light, Nature, Cosmos and more, plus Favourites and your own images. - Wallpapers are generated per monitor at its native resolution, with crop control and a contrast slider. - Lock screen can be set from the same picture. - Video wallpapers: a video plays underneath the desktop icons, different videos per monitor, with speed control. ### Cursors - Six built-in cursor shapes: arrow, comet, neon, duo, aura, shard. Arrow and comet are free, the rest are Pro. - Fill colour, outline colour, automatic outline, black/white outline, and a "follow theme" mode that recolours the cursor together with the interface. - You can add your own .cur and .ani cursor files (Pro). - You can add a whole cursor pack: point Vealo at a folder of .cur/.ani files and it becomes a selectable set (Pro). - One click restores the standard Windows cursor. ### Desktop effects - Particle effects drawn under the icons: Rain, Snow, Leaves, Sparks. Rain is free, the rest are Pro. - Per-effect controls: colour, density, scale, speed, opacity and wind. - Game mode: effects and video wallpapers pause automatically when something goes fullscreen, freeing GPU memory. ### Ambient sound - Built-in loops: rain, fire, storm, thunder, forest, lake, ocean. Rain and fire are free, the rest are Pro. - Several sounds can play at once and are mixed together, with seamless looping and smooth fades. - Your own audio files can be added (Pro). Sleep timer from 15 minutes to 12 hours, optionally shutting the computer down at the end. ### Widgets - Desktop clock and a media player widget, both placed anywhere on the desktop. - Clock: several layouts, a large font selection, scale up to 300%, colour, opacity, shadow, seconds, AM/PM and language. - Player: several views and styles, shows the track playing in any app. ### Lighting (RGB) - Razer Chroma and OpenRGB integration: keyboards, mice, mousepads and other devices follow the desktop theme. - Effects: Static, Breathing, Wave, Checkerboard, Spectrum, Fire, Reflection, Ripple, Starfall, Rain, Glow. Static and Breathing are free, the rest are Pro. - Brightness, brightness contrast, colour contrast and a "react to the background" mode. ### Profiles - A profile stores the whole look at once: theme, wallpaper, style, cursor, effects, sound, lighting and widgets. - Switching profiles applies everything in one click. Two profile slots are free, more with Pro. ### Privacy - No network connections, no telemetry, no accounts, no admin rights. - Settings and an icon cache live only in %AppData%\Vealo and can be deleted at any time. ## Free versus Vealo Pro Free: the clean desktop and the panel, search, sections (up to 2 custom sections), all static colour themes, Mono and Glass styles, taskbar tinting, wallpaper gallery, per-monitor wallpapers, video wallpapers, arrow and comet cursors, the Rain effect, rain and fire sounds, the clock and player widgets in their base look, Static and Breathing lighting effects, 2 profile slots, multi-monitor support and all fixes. Vealo Pro adds: the Wallpaper and Custom themes, all remaining cursor shapes plus your own cursor files and cursor packs, all remaining effects, all remaining sounds plus your own audio files, all widget styles and fonts, all lighting effects, unlimited sections and profiles, the glass transparency and neon sliders. ## Languages 14 UI languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi. ## Common questions - Does it delete or move my files? No. Icons are hidden by the standard Windows setting and restored instantly. - Does it work without internet? Yes, completely. The app never connects to the internet. - Does it need admin rights? No. - Why is Glass not turning on? Windows energy saver, transparency effects switched off in Windows, or a Windows build older than 22H2. The app names the reason next to the style and links to the right settings page. - Can I use my own cursors, sounds and wallpapers? Yes. Own wallpapers are free; own cursors, cursor packs and own audio files are part of Vealo Pro. ## Pages - https://vealo.app/ - main page (English) - https://vealo.app/ru/ - Russian; also uk, de, fr, es, it, pt, pl, tr, zh, ja, ko, hi - https://vealo.app/guides/clean-desktop/ - how to get a clean desktop in Windows - https://vealo.app/guides/dark-theme-windows/ - dark theme guide - https://vealo.app/guides/rgb/ - RGB lighting guide - https://vealo.app/privacy/ - privacy policy (the app collects nothing)