Windows 10: How can I hide or disable the File Explorer Preview Pane, Details Pane, and Navigation Pane...

Hello,


Somehow I inadvertently changed the File Explorer Settings in Windows 10. How can I hide or disable the File Explorer Preview Pane, Details Pane, and Navigation Pane in Windows 10?


Thanks,


dayhiker4k

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preview/details pane in explorer

Hi,

Setting the Preview pane to show or hide in File Explorer will apply to all folders. If you wish to hide the Preview pane in File Explorer, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer.
• Tap on View tab.
• Click Preview Pane to view/hide it.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.

 

Windows 7 Preview Pane

I use the preview pane quite often so I can watch videos without having to launch an application to play them. I do this with mostly with tutorials. Most of the tutorials were in quicktime format; quicktime takes a significant amount of time to open on my system, so I used format factory to change them into MP4's (they will play in the preview pane). Just out of boredom, I installed a new convert, called CoverterLite. Now every single video that I converted causes WMP to crash even inside the preview pane. If I were to change my default media player would that affect to preview pane as well? Or does it require so registry editing?

 

File Explorer preview pane - changed

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums. I am glad to assist you on this.



You can change how your files look by using the View tab. You will see various groups for changing the layout of the window, files, current view, or hide certain things you see onscreen. Within the Layout group, click one of the
available options to change how your files display onscreen. You can also preview the layout before confirming by hovering over one of the available options.



I suggest you to follow the methods mentioned below and check if it helps.



If you decide to disable the Navigation pane, follow these steps:



1. Open File Explorer.



2. Click the View tab.



3. In the Panes section, click the Navigation Pane button. The Navigation Pane menu appears.



4. In the menu, click Navigation Pane.



The Navigation pane no longer appears at the left side of the File Explorer window.



Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.



Hope it helps.



Harish

Microsoft Community - Moderator