Windows 10: Navigation Pane, Windows 11, 2025 update. Can't Remove Navigation Pane

2025.01.24LG Gram 17" updated yesterday... left my ADHD annoyed.1.Having a navigation pane is extra clutter to me. 2. Check boxes next to icons increases size of window and on laptop screen, space is at a premium.3. Also, I really miss QuickLaunch that kept fast access to apps/shortcuts without taking up all the space along the Taskbar.Anyone have a suggestion regarding the navigation pane? Right click in navigation pane area of a window: 5 options that are unchecked, yet navigation pane still there.-show this pc, show network, show libraries, show all folders, expand to current folder.

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Modify Navigation Pane

Thank you, sorry it has taken so long to follow up.

The suggested actions did not resolve the problem. I want to add/remove items from the navigation pane (left hand side) of a windows explorer window. When I reset the folders, it did remove my libraries from the navigation pane; which I expected. They
are not hard to get back so that is not an issue.

The current issue is I want to remove "Dropbox" from the navigation pane. More fundamentally, I want the ability to remove or add items to the navigation pane.

 

Unable to remove duplicate drives in the navigation pane

Try running the remove-duplicate-drives.reg from this article

External Drives Listed Twice (Duplicate) in File Explorer Navigation Pane

 

Windows 11 Navigation pane

Hello, after recently updating my windows 11 to version 22h2, the Navigation pane changed completely and I can't see the Documents, Download, Music, Pictures and Videos on the Navigation Pane. Is there a way to restore them without necessarily adding them as shortcuts through Quick access?