Se clicchi su quell’icona, torni subito alla schermata iniziale.

In Italian, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• clicchi = you click
• torni = you return / you go back

Both verb forms clearly refer to tu (informal singular you), so Italian normally leaves tu out unless it is being emphasized.

You could say:

• Se tu clicchi su quell’icona, torni subito alla schermata iniziale.

But this sounds more emphatic than the original.

Italian commonly uses the present tense in both parts of a real, likely condition.

So:

• Se clicchi..., torni...

literally looks like If you click..., you return..., but it naturally means:

• If you click..., you go back...
• If you click..., you’ll go back...

This is a very normal Italian pattern for instructions, general truths, and likely results.

Se means if.

It introduces the condition:

• Se clicchi su quell’icona = If you click on that icon

The second part gives the result:

• torni subito alla schermata iniziale = you immediately return to the home/start screen

This kind of structure is very common in Italian:

• Se studi, impari. = If you study, you learn.
• Se premi questo tasto, il programma si chiude. = If you press this button, the program closes.

The verb is cliccare.

For tu in the present tense, verbs ending in -care often add h before i or e to keep the hard k sound.

So:

• clicco
• clicchi
• clicca
• clicchiamo
• cliccate
• cliccano

Without the h, ci would sound different in Italian.

This is the same pattern as:

• cercare → cerchi
• giocare → giochi

In Italian, when talking about clicking an icon, button, or link, cliccare su is very common and means to click on.

So:

• cliccare su un’icona = to click on an icon

You may also hear:

• fare clic su which is a slightly more formal or technical equivalent.

Examples:

• Clicca su OK. = Click OK / Click on OK.
• Fai clic sul link. = Click on the link.

This is because quello becomes quell’ before a singular feminine noun beginning with a vowel.

• icona is feminine singular
• it begins with a vowel (i)

So:

• quella icona → quell’icona

This is similar to:

• quell’immagine = that image
• quest’icona = this icon

The apostrophe shows elision: a vowel has dropped.

Yes. quell’icona means that icon.

It comes from the demonstrative adjective quello/quella = that.

Because icona is feminine singular and starts with a vowel, the form becomes quell’.

Related forms:

• quel pulsante = that button
• quella schermata = that screen
• quell’icona = that icon
• quei file = those files

Yes. Torni is from tornare, meaning to return, to go back, or to come back, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• you go back
• you return

In interface language, Italian often uses tornare where English might say go back.

Examples:

• Torna alla pagina precedente. = Go back to the previous page.
• Torno subito. = I’ll be right back.

Subito means immediately, right away, or at once.

Here it modifies torni:

• torni subito = you go back immediately

Its position is flexible, but the sentence sounds very natural as written.

Possible placements:

• torni subito alla schermata iniziale
• subito torni alla schermata iniziale (less neutral in many contexts)
• torni alla schermata iniziale subito (possible, but less natural here)

In instructions, putting subito after the verb is very common.

Alla is a contraction of:

• a
  • la = alla

Here, a means to:

• tornare a = to return to
• alla schermata = to the screen

Because schermata is feminine singular, the article is la, so:

• a + la schermata → alla schermata

Other similar contractions:

• al = a + il
• allo = a + lo
• ai = a + i
• alle = a + le

Schermata means screen or screen display, especially in a computer, phone, or app context.

Iniziale means initial, starting, or home/start depending on context.

So schermata iniziale can be translated as:

• initial screen
• start screen
• home screen

In technical or software language, this is a very natural phrase.

Note that iniziale comes after the noun, which is normal in Italian:

• schermata iniziale
• pagina principale
• versione finale

In Italian, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they are descriptive or classifying.

So:

• schermata iniziale = initial screen
• pagina principale = main page
• versione italiana = Italian version

Sometimes adjective placement can change nuance, but here iniziale after the noun is the standard, natural order.

Yes. The sentence is addressed to tu, the informal singular you.

That is why the verbs are:

• clicchi
• torni

If you wanted the formal singular Lei form, the verbs would actually look the same in this case:

• Se clicca su quell’icona, torna subito alla schermata iniziale.

If you wanted plural you:

• Se cliccate su quell’icona, tornate subito alla schermata iniziale.

So the original is best understood as an instruction to one person in an informal register.

Yes.

• questa icona = this icon
• quell’icona = that icon

The difference is the same basic one as in English: this points to something closer, that to something farther away or already identified.

In software instructions, both are possible depending on context:

• Clicca su questa icona if the speaker is directly pointing it out
• Clicca su quell’icona if it is being referred to as that one

No. Cliccare is very common, especially in everyday speech and modern tech language.

But you may also see:

• fare clic su = to click on

For example:

• Clicca su File.
• Fai clic su File.

Both are correct.
Cliccare is often more direct and conversational, while fare clic can sound a little more formal, standard, or interface-like.