Windows 10: Removing Quick access from the Navigation

How do you remove Quick access from the left side of your folders when you have the navigation enabled? I can remove all of the icons under it just fine, but I cannot remove Quick access as a whole.

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Right click not working and file explorer takes ages to open!

Hi alpie_ap

Had the same problem. Seems the problem was a network path to a sharepoint site in my Quick access list of File Explorer that was not accessible.

To resolve the problem, I removed all entries below Quick Access. Probably it would have been sufficient to just remove the problematic Quick access entry to the network path.

Note: If you do not see Quick Access in Explorer, to show it go to View tab, Navigation pane and select Navigation pane.

Best

Stephan

 

How can I remove icons from the File Explorer navigation pane?

The icons I want to remove are not in the quick access section,
here is a bigger picture. The quick access section is at the top I want to remove icons from the bottom Desktop section. My desktop folder is empty as described above and in
this picture so the icons should not appear in the navigation pane.

 

Try this: How to Disable Default in Windows 10 File Explorer? - AskVG
Option no.2

 

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Maybe I did something wrong, but I think I followed that guide perfectly. It didn't remove Quick access.

 

Yes, that's the only info I get for partial hiding. Try to right click on it and see if it has option to hide it (I was trying something similar in Insider builds).

If not, look at some Administrative Settings --> Windows Explorer in gpedit.msc

 

Hello NoDex,

The tutorial below may be able to help. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

 

OK. So if I understand this guide correctly, I need to gain control over some files first? Is there a way to gain control over the whole system so if I ever have to do it again, I don't have to do this in the future? Is there a .reg I can do to execute that? Then is there a .reg for removal as well?

 

No need to do the whole system. Once you do the steps 4 and 5 in the tutorial the first time, you won't have to do it again to be able to make changes later.

There's not a .reg file to do this for you since you have to do steps 4 and 5 first.

It's pretty easy to do if you go step by step in the tutorial. Please feel free to post any questions you may have about it though.

 

Steps 4 and 5 are way to complicated for something this small!

 

Unfortunately, they are required steps. Without doing them, you will not be able to change the registry value. *Sad

If you don't want to use Quick access, and don't want to do the steps above, then you could do the tutorial below as a workaround instead to have File Explorer open to This PC instead of Quick access.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...ck-access.html

 

Found a solutions that is 10x easier. You may add it to the guides!

So you download this: RegOwnershipEx

Point and shoot it at the key that needs to be given ownership of and you can do it.

However, I think you only need to use the top one. I am not sure what the bottom one does. Maybe someone else does?

Source: Windows 10 Tweaks Fixes - Page 51

 

Great news.

The bottom registry key is only required to be done if you have a 64-bit Windows 10.

 

Wait. Why? I have 64-bit. I did just the top one and it disappeared. What does the second one do?

 

The note box under step 10 in the tutorial for that registry key tells you what it's for. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html