How to remove Gallery from Windows 11 Explorer

In File Explorer’s upper left navigation pane, there are links to Home, Gallery, and OneDrive. We’ve seen how to remove OneDrive from File Explorer. In this article, let’s see how to remove Gallery from the Explorer navigation pane.

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How to remove Gallery from Explorer

To remove Gallery from File Explorer, open admin Command Prompt and run:

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /f

If you have an older build, run the following command instead:

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /f

Once done, log off and log back in (or restart the Explorer shell) for the changes to take effect.

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How to add Gallery again?

To add Gallery to Explorer, run the following command:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /ve /d "{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /f

If you have an older build, run the following command instead:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /ve /d "{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}" /f

Once done, log off and log back in (or restart the Explorer shell) for the changes to take effect.

You should see the output “The operation completed successfully” for each of the above commands.

(Last tested in Windows 11 23H2 OS Build 22631.3737.)