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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 7 people found this reply helpful. You can delete Quick access from the left side of the File Explorer by editing the registry.
Before performing the steps, kindly back up your registry first. To back up your registry follow the steps found on this link. After backing up your registry, follow the steps below in how to delete Quick access:.
There will be an error when you open File Explorer if you do not do this step. To do this, follow these steps:. If you want to make Quick access to appear again, just change the Value data of Attributes to a Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.
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But this method also turns off drag n drop feature. Any other solutions? But it doesn't mean that that it is good for everyone. For example, when you don't want to see frequently closed files or folders and you want to view customized folders or files as you open file explorer, it would be a trouble. So in this article, we will go through two methods to disable or remove quick access from Windows 10 file explorer.
In Folder Options window, you can see the default option for file explorer is selected as " Quick access ". Now just click the list and select " This PC ". In order to disable quick access feature, it is necessary to uncheck the " Show recently used files in Quick Access " and " Show frequently used folders in Quick Access " in Folder Options dialog.
Then click Apply and OK to save changes. Tips: Some of the folders might still be visible in the quick access menu in This PC. To clear out these, click on the " Clear " button displayed right next to the " Clear File Explorer history " in the Folder Options settings.
This will remove all the existing links. Before removing quick access in file explorer permanently, please make sure you have been logged into Windows through an account with administrative privileges. Press Enter and Registry Editor is opened. Step 2: Navigate to "ShellFolder" in the left pane and change its "Permissions".
