Civ noob, how do I get rid of these icons on tiles?

Right next to the minimap , there should be a scroll. Click it and de-select "Tile Values" or something like that. It's one of them there ;)
 
Right next to the minimap , there should be a scroll. Click it and de-select "Tile Values" or something like that. It's one of them there ;)

It will be labeled Tile Yields.

However in this case it may not be that - he has a settler selected. There is an checkbox on the options screen (press escape to see the menu, click options, probably on the interface tab) that is labeled something like "Show tile yields when selecting a civilian". I think this is checked by default, at least if you install from the lastest update.

It causes the tile yields (how much production/food/gold each tile will provide) to show whenever you are giving orders to a settler or worker, which is actually really useful. When you switch to a military unit the tile yields go away, unless you have them permanently turned on with that minimap/scroll checkbox. If both options are unchecked then tile yields will never show on the map unless you open a city.
 
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