If you delete a shortcut from your desktop, have you also deleted the original file?

No$,$ because a shortcut is not the actual file, folder, or app on the desktop.

Yes, it will delete parts $($but not all$)$ of the files or folders associated with it$.$

Yes, because a shortcut is linked to the actual file, folder, or app on the desktop, when deleted, the application will be deleted.

No$,$ because a shortcut is a setting used to adjust the display, sounds, power battery, and storage.