You don't need a little arrow in the corner to tell you that icon is a shortcut. Here's how to remove it.

With this in mind, deleting a shortcut is as simple as deleting anything else from your computer, as described by Computer Hope. First, highlight the icon you want to remove by clicking on it.

If you want to remove the Facebook Dating icon shortcut tab because you no longer want to use the service, you also need to deactivate or delete your Facebook Dating profile, otherwise you will ...

If you delete the Start menu shortcut and your desktop starts to become cluttered, you can remove the desktop shortcut for Firefox and add it back to the Start Menu.

You can restore missing or hide the Safely Remove Hardware icon from the Notification Area using drag-and-drop, via Settings or using this Batch file.