How do I globally make my desktop icons smaller in Ubuntu 16.1?

Question

I just upgraded to the new Ubuntu Gnome 16.10. When I restarted, all my icons doubled in size and are off screen at the edges. I have not been able to find a setting that allows a global resizing of icons. Is there a way to do this? I have already manually, individually reduced all the icons on my desktop, but I need a global way to do it. I am a Linux neophyte.

Solution

Open Nautilus (file manager) from Launcher (icon is a filing cabinet).

Hover mouse over top screen line and select the Edit menu.

Then select Preferences -> Views. Set the icon size according to the screen below:

If your icon size is > 100% set it to 100%. If it's already 100% then obviously set it less than that.

Comments

[Zanna]

@WilliamJ.Dager since this answer solved your problem, you can thank the person who wrote it by "accepting" it (click the grey tick under the score) :)

[Anders Lindén]

Uncertain what "top screen line" means here.