Windows 10: Hide Specific File or Folder from Quick Access in Windows 10

How to: Hide Specific File or Folder from Quick Access in Windows 10

How to Hide a Specific File or Folder from Quick access in Windows 10


Windows 10 replaced Favorites from previous Windows with Quick access. The Quick access page is the shortest route to files you've been working on and folders you often use. These are your recent files.

Recent items is a list of the files that you have used or opened recently. These items are displayed as "Recent files" in Quick access, and under "Recent" in jump lists for icons on the taskbar.

Frequent places is a list of folders, websites, etc... that you have opened recently. These items are displayed as "Frequent folders" in Quick access, "Frequent places" under File in File Explorer, and under "Frequent" in jump lists on the taskbar.

When you hide a file or folder from Quick access, the file or folder will no longer show in all recent and frequent locations in Windows 10 until you stop hiding them.

This tutorial will show you how to hide a specific file or folder from the Quick access page to no longer show in all frequent and recent locations for your user account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Hide a Specific File from Recent in Quick access
• Option Two: To Hide a Specific Folder from Frequent in Quick access
• Option Three: To Stop Hiding Files and Folders from Quick access

OPTION ONE [/i] To Hide a Specific File from Recent in Quick access
1. Open File Explorer, and click/tap on Quick access in the navigation pane.

2. In Quick access, select one or more files under Recent files.

3. Right click or press and hold on the selected file(s), and click/tap on Remove from Quick access.









OPTION TWO [/i] To Hide a Specific Folder from Frequent in Quick access
1. Open File Explorer, and click/tap on Quick access in the navigation pane.

2. In Quick access, select one or more unpinned folders under Frequent folders.

3. Right click or press and hold on the selected folder(s), and click/tap on Remove from Quick access.











OPTION THREE [/i] To Stop Hiding Files and Folders from Quick access

*note Clearing File Explorer history deletes the info Windows saved about the files and folders you use as well as what you've typed in the address bar.

If you clear your history, the pinned until you open a folder.
1. Clear File Explorer history.





That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Add or Remove Quick access in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10
• How to Add or Remove Recent files from Quick access in Windows 10
• How to Add or Remove Frequent folders from Quick access in Windows 10
• How to Pin or Unpin Locations from Quick access in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off 'Recent Items' and 'Frequent Places' in Windows 10
• How to Reset and Clear Recent Items and Frequent Places in Windows 10
• How to Change Quick Access Icon in File Explorer in Windows 10

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"frequently used folder" in "quick access" only has pinned folder

We are volunteers willing to help you try to resolve this issue.

In File Explorer in left panel click "Quick Access" - then in right panel Right Click on that folder - Unpin from Quick Access. Then if it is still showing Right Click on it again "Remove from Quick Access" <-- you

may need to close and re-open File Explorer between those two operations.

How to Pin or Unpin Locations from Quick access in Windows 10

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2893-pin-un...

How to Hide a Specific File or Folder from Quick access in Windows 10

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4448-hide-s...

Please let us know the results and if you need further assistance.

 

Windows 10 Explorer quick access: pin a file (not a folder).

windows 10 explorer quick access: how do you pin a specific file (not a complete folder) into quick access? thank you!

 

Hello onefreeborn, *Smile

I've updated the screenshots and wording in the tutorial for the latest build to help.

I'm afraid that I'm not currently aware of a way to exclude folders and files from showing up in Quick access in the first place.

 

Ok, understood. Please let me know here if you do run across a solution in the future.
And once again, thank you Brink, for your efforts over many years. I've benefited from your knowledge for many years... at least from the Sevenforums on as I can recall. Your oft unrewarded efforts do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

 

It may take a day to have frequent folders added.

 

Hi Shawn,

From looking at you screenshots from above I noticed that the bottom four items in you Quick Access list are not pinned. How did those folders get there without being pinned? Is there way to add a folder to Quick Access without pinning?

 

Hey Michael, *Smile

They were just added automatically as frequent folders for me.

 

Thanks Shawn. I turned on add Frequent folders in Quick Access options and Downloads was added but it was pinned. I will give it another try.