The updated File Explorer app in Windows 10 has a new default location called Quick Access. In the current build, it includes Frequent folders. Users who care about their privacy might not be happy with this feature of the File Explorer app. There are two solutions for these users: the first one is to open This PC instead of Home in Windows 10 as we covered previously. The second is to remove frequent folders from the Quick Access location in Explorer. Here's how you can do that.
- How To Disable Quick Access Windows 10
- How To Disable Quick Access From Windows 10
- How To Disable Quick Access In Windows 10 Through Group Policy
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- Open File Explorer.
- Click File -> Change folder and search options:
- Under Privacy, untick Show recently used files in Quick Access:
Click Apply and OK buttons. - Unpin all pinned folders from Frequent folders in Quick Access. Right click a folder and select Unpin from Quick Access:
That's it. Recent files will disappear from Quick Access.
How To Disable Quick Access Windows 10
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How To Disable Quick Access From Windows 10
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Jul 30, 2015 In this tutorial, I show you how to disable the new 'Recent Files' feature in Windows 10 and have the file explorer open to 'This PC' just like it did in Windows 8.
How To Disable Quick Access In Windows 10 Through Group Policy
Quick Access is a prominent feature in Windows 10. To be specific, the Quick Access Toolbar includes a set of commands (they are independent of the tab on the ribbon, which is displayed currently) and it can be customized. In older preview builds of Windows 10, Microsoft didn't provide any way to disable/remove this new Quick Access or Home view in File Explorer and users had to use Registry tweaks to get rid of this view such as deleting items keys under HKEYLOCALMACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion explorer HomeFolder NameSpace DelegateFolders.