Is there a way to disable the desktop icon grid so that I can place icons anywhere?

I am looking for a way to disable/edit the grid for icons so that I can freely place icons on my desktop as I found a really good wallpaper that would require me to have free placement of my icons

Hi - that’s not currently an option in Plasma, unfortunately.

There is an existing wishlist bug for creating that option, it just needs someone able and with available time to work on it:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358418