click or click on

[wang.cupid]

Hi, Is on necessary after click in the following sentence?

Please click (on) the icon to proceed.

Thanks.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's not necessary, but it's not incorrect either.

 

[Nightmare85]

SoothingDave, what is incorrect either?

Please click the icon to proceed.
Is this sentence incorrect?

And thank you for creating this thread.
This is also something that makes me wonder all the time.

Cheers!

 

[SoothingDave]

It is correct to say either "click on the icon" or "click the icon." I might say either.

 

[Nightmare85]

Thank you.
By reading your 1st answer again, I realized I confused "not incorrect" with something else.

Cheers!

 

[sunsunmoon]

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
click

computers : to press a button on a mouse or some other device in order to make something happen on a computer [+ obj]

▪ To open the program, point at the icon and click the left mouse button. ▪ click the icon [no obj] ▪ Click here to check spelling in the document.
— often + on ▪ Click on the icon to open the program. ▪ I got to the Web site by clicking on a link at another site.