Windows 10: Add or Remove Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 10


The Recently added list on your Start menu shows the latest new desktop apps and Windows apps installed.

Starting with Windows 10 build 14328, the Recently added section has been updated so that it will now show 3 entries instead of just 1, and can be expanded to see the entire list of new apps.

This tutorial will show you how to remove apps from the Recently added apps group, and how to completely turn on or off the Recently added group on your Start menu in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Remove Specific App from Recently added List in Start Menu
• Option Two: To Clear All Apps from Recently added List in Start Menu
• Option Three: To Add or Remove Recently added Group on Start Menu

EXAMPLE: 'Recently added' apps list in Start Menu








OPTION ONE [/i] To Remove Specific App from Recently added List in Start Menu
This option will let you remove individual app(s) from the Recently added list on your Start menu. Recently added will then show the previous last recently added app.


1 Open your Start menu *Start.

2 Right click or press and hold on the app you want to remove listed under Recently added, click/tap on More, and click/tap on Remove from this list. (see screenshot below)








OPTION TWO [/i] To Clear All Apps from Recently added List in Start Menu
This option will clear the Recently added list on your Start menu, and remove Recently added on the Start menu until you install an app next to show in the list.


1 Open your Start menu *Start.

2 Right click or press and hold on any app listed under Recently added, click/tap on More, and click/tap on Clear list. (see screenshot below)








OPTION THREE [/i] To Add or Remove Recently added Group on Start Menu
This option will let you completely add or remove the Recently added group on your Start menu.


1 Open the Settings app, and click/tap on Personalization.

2 Click/tap on Start on the left side, and turn on (add - default) or off (remove) Show recently added apps on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Recently added apps not on the start menu, settings are set to show recently added apps

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern, and we in Community will try to help you in the best possible way we can. This problem can occour if the files is corrupted during download.



First I suggest you to perform System File Checker (sfc) scan and check if that helps.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

To perform SFC Scan, refer to the below link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

Note: Steps mentioned for Windows 8/8.1, will work fine with Windows 10.

Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.

 

Recently added apps not on the start menu, settings are set to show recently added apps

In Windows 10, I have my settings set to show recently added apps. The word new appears in the start menu next to all apps icon but when I open the start menu the word new does not appear next to any of the apps or folders and when I open each folder, the
word new does not appear in there either. So how am I supposed to figure out which apps are new and which apps are old? Do I have to memorize all the apps and then when I get a new one I say to myself oh I never saw that one before, it must be new. IDIOTS!



Thanking you in advance,

 

Hello XP1,

Be careful. Deleting anything in the TileDataLayer folder can often break live tiles on Start.

 

Can we have a .reg file to disable recently added and most used items from start menu, please?

 

Hello Leandro, *Smile

I'm afraid that recently added is not set via the registry to be able to use a .reg file. For now, you can turn it off in Settings using OPTION TWO in the tutorial above.

OPTION THREE in the tutorial below can let you do so with most used using a .reg file though.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6...a.html#option3

 

You're most welcome. *Smile

 

I don't want to remove the recently added group, I want to make it more useful by allowing more than 1 program in that list, how do I choose a higher number?

 

Hello premier69,

I'm afraid that there doesn't appear to be a way to so this yet. *Sad

If you like, please provide feedback to Microsoft about this, and hopefully it may be added in a future update.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html

 

It seems my Windows installation disregard anything I set for "Show recently Added apps". It does not show anything. Despite I've installed some apps and win32 programs.

The PC is brand new and if I remember I had this viewable in the first days. I don't remember if it was in another account though (I had to recreate another from scratch).
Latest official build updated and nothing has changed.
Anything where I can investigate into?

 

Hello Macco,

I'm not sure of what else to check. If you have this turned on, it should show recently added apps in Start. Sometimes it may take a bit to show up, but it should.

 

UPDATE:

Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328, the Recently added section has been updated so that it will now show 3 entries instead of just 1, and can be expanded to see the entire list of new apps.

 

I've not wrote before, but some cumulative update of some time ago (the past or the other before) seems have already solved this in my current TH2 build (1 row, of course) without me doing anything.
Thanks Brink as always.

 

That's great news Macco. Thank you for posting back with your results. *Smile