Windows 10: Rearrange Action Center Quick Actions in Windows 10

How to: Rearrange Action Center Quick Actions in Windows 10

How to Rearrange Action Center Quick Actions in Windows 10


The Action Center has personalized quick actions at the bottom to be able to easily toggle on/off or open items such as Airplane mode, All settings, Connect, Display, Location, Note, Quiet hours, Tablet Mode, VPN, and Wi-Fi.

Starting with Windows 10 nuild 14328, you can re-arrange the Quick Actions that show up in Action Center.

Starting with add any quick action you need on the fly, without needing for it to always take up space.

This tutorial will show you how to rearrange quick actions in the action center for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Rearrange Quick Actions in Action Center in Settings
• Option Two: Rearrange Quick Actions in Action Center Directly from Action Center

EXAMPLE: Quick Actions in Action Center









OPTION ONE [/i] Rearrange Quick Actions in Action Center in Settings

*note This option is no longer available starting with Windows 10 build 18277.

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2. Click/tap on Notifications & actions on the left side, press and hold (or select) a quick action you want to rearrange on the right side, then drag and drop to where you want within the other quick actions to rearrange them. Repeat for any other quick actions you want to rearrange. (see screenshot below)

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









OPTION TWO [/i] Rearrange Quick Actions in Action Center Directly from Action Center

*note This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 18277.

1. Open the Action Center (Win+A).

2. Right click or press and hold on an empty area of the Action Center and click/tap on Edit. (see screenshots below)





3. Drag and drop an added quick action (ex: "Network") to where you want within the other quick actions to rearrange them. Repeat for any other quick actions you want to rearrange. (see screenshot below)



4. When you are finished re-arranging quick actions in your Action Center, click/tap on Done. (see screenshot below)




That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Rearrange Action Center Quick Actions on Windows 10 Mobile Phone
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• How to Add or Remove Quick Actions in Action Center in Windows 10
• How to Change Number of Quick Actions to Show in Windows 10 Action Center
• How to Reset Action Center Quick Actions to Default in Windows 10
• How to Backup and Restore Action Center Quick Actions in Windows 10

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Add or Remove Quick Actions in Action Center in Windows 10


Hi,

I wonder if there is a way to turn on/off certain Quick Actions icons in the Action Center via the registry, instead of doing it manually as described above.

Before asking here I've wandered through some posts and searched the internet. I've noticed these keys:

1/

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\

Here's a list of names of all the Quick Actions.

2/

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\UnpinnedByDefault

Here's a list of names of Quick Actions that should be Unpinned by default. If I add some here (based on the names in the list described above) and reboot it doesn't seem to work.

3/

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\ActionCenter\Quick Actions

The value PinnedQuickActionSlotCount here is set at 4, which is the amount of Quick Actions seen by default without expanding the view in the Action Center. I don't need to change this one so I haven't tried it.

4/

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Quick Actions\Pinned

There seems to be a numbered list here of Pinned Quick Actions. The names are the same as in the list I mentioned in (1/). However if I remove some values here it also doesn't have effect (even after a reboot).

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Conclusion: I haven't found a thing that actually worked. Did anyone figure this out already?

Thanks,

 

Windows 10 Action Center - WiFi Not A Quick Action Choice

Hello Everyone,

Recently installed Windows 10 on my PC & wife's laptop. Her laptop has more options for the Quick actions buttons, scrolling list, and shows WiFi.

My PC has only 7 options for the Quick actions, no scrolling, and WiFi isn't one. Also, WiFi isn't shown on the Action Center window.

Anyone know why?

Thanks,

John

 

Add or Remove Quick Actions in Action Center in Windows 10


Hello @otium, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If it helps, you can use the method in the tutorial below to backup and restore your quick action settings.

*Arrow Backup and Restore Action Center Quick Actions in Windows 10 Windows 10 Backup Restore Tutorials

 

Disable Action Center in Windows 7?

Unfortunately that doesn't disable Action Center, all it does it cause Acution Center to bitch about the Security Center service not running.

Action Center seems to be a different beast from Security Center...

And telling it to not display any messages gets it out of the way, the same way disabling the icon in the suggestions above does, but Action Center is still enabled and running.

 

Quick Actions in Actions Center are always disabled


Hi,
thanks for your proposal. I've tried both solutions in your link but none of them worked. Another hint I can provide is that after creating a new act it's quick action list in action center is empty even though in settings most of them are turned on.

Regards