Computer desktops are a handy place to store documents you don't have time to file away.

But as these pictures show, they can quickly become dumping grounds full of hundreds - if not thousands - of files that soon become too messy to tackle.

Now, self-confessed desktop hoarders are sharing images of their haphazard computer screens on social media - and they're sending neat freaks into meltdown.

One of the worst offenders had so many layers of files stacked on top of each other it was impossible to see the background - prompting on Twitter user to comment that they needed an 'intervention'.

People have been left reeling by images of messy desktop backgrounds including this disaster

Seeing the funny side, one user joked: 'I srsly dunno which is messy. My life or my desktop'

Twitter user Aida joked that her friend Carley's computer desktop 'gets worse ever day'

The stuff of nightmares: One person was left 'screaming' by the sight of this messy desktop

Does your desktop look like this? Lily had a computer screen messy enough to rival most

... but she was far from the worst offender with Christian Antonio weighing in with this

The owner of this messy monstrosity was not named but Hopy Hoekstra said it gave her comfort

One social media user begged to know the secret to a clean desktop showing off her 'hot mess'

The images prompted a flurry of tweets from distressed Twitter users with one person declaring: 'If you have a messy desktop I can't believe I am still associated with you.'

Others said the sight of the untidy computer screens made them 'want to scream' and 'roll into a foetal position'.

Another commented: 'How does one even have a messy desktop? It's not that hard to put things in folders and AWAY. That's just my take though...'

So does your desktop background look like this?