The external USB disk stuck on the desktop icon

I did inadvertently, drag the icon to an external drive USB "devices" in the finder on my desk and now can't get rid of it.  It is not an option to remove it, just eject it.  When I eject and plug the USB in it reappears on the desktop and Finder version.

Help! I'm sure it's pretty simple.

Try, Finder: Preferences: general tab: show these items on the desktop: uncheck external drives.

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