Windows 10: Remove lock screen icons/tiles

Discus and support Remove lock screen icons/tiles in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hello All, I just noticed today that MS added a bunch of widgets/icons/crap to the lock screen. How do I remove this? submitted by /u/popento18... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/popento18, Jun 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM.

  1. Remove lock screen icons/tiles


    Hello All,

    I just noticed today that MS added a bunch of widgets/icons/crap to the lock screen. How do I remove this?

    submitted by /u/popento18
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    :)
     
    /u/popento18, Jun 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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  3. How to remove annoying suggestions on W10 lock screen?

    Hi!

    Welcome to TenForums!

    In the settings, it is called Personalization>Lock Screen and then you would turn this setting off:


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    EyeInTheSky, Jun 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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  4. Remove lock screen icons/tiles

    Windows 10 I can't remove a tile from the start menu.

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family. I would be happy to assist you.

    From the description provided, I understand that you want to remove a tile from the start screen of a deleted folder.

    Use the following steps to remove tiles from your Start Screen.

    Please follow the below steps to remove the tile.

    • Press the Windows (
      Remove lock screen icons/tiles [​IMG]
      ) key
      to open the Start screen.
    • Right-click on the tile you want to remove.
    • Select Unpin from Start to remove the tile.
    Ideally, the above steps should remove the tile which you want to. However, if it fails to, I would suggest you to Restore Default Start Screen Tiles. Please follow the below steps.

    • Press the Windows key + R from the keyboard to open the Run Command Dialog Box.
    • Enter the following command: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows, which will open the Microsoft Windows App-data folder.
    • Scroll down to find these two files, namely, item-data file and the item-data.bak.
    • Select both files to delet, right-click on it and select Delete option to send it to the Recycle bin. Don’t press Shift to delete it permanently, let it go to recycle bin. On the safe side you can make a backup copy of these two files on another disk location.
    • Restart your PC or log out and log in again. Now you will see Windows 8.x Start Screen reset to default tiles.
    • Now re-arrange the tile as you want and new tiles will also be created automatily when you install any apps from Store.
    Note: If anything went wrong and you want to revert start screen tiles to your tiles. restore item data files from recycle bin or from the location where you backed up to the Windows app data folder.

    Hope the above information was helpful. If you need further information, feel free to write to us and we would be glad to help you.

    Thank You.
     
    Sayan_Ghosh, Jun 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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