How to Remove “Restore Previous Versions” from Context Menu and Properties

The previous versions feature in Windows allows you to restore a previous version of files. It sources the files from Restore Points, File History, and Windows Backup. When you right-click on a file, folder, or drive, you’ll see the “Restore Previous Versions” option. This article tells you how to remove “Restore Previous Versions” from the right-click menu and the file/folder properties.

Remove “Restore Previous Versions” Menu and Properties Sheet

The “Restore Previous Versions” context menu item and the “Previous Versions” tab in file/folder properties can be hidden using the following registry edit.

Open an admin Command Prompt and run this command:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" /v "{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}" /t REG_SZ /f
The GUID {596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153} is the Previous Versions Property Page and also applies to the Previous Versions context menu.

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Open regedit.exe and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked

In the right pane, create a REG_SZ value named “{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}”

Exit the Registry Editor.

Log off and log back in, or restart the Explorer shell via Task Manager.

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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a ten-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award in Windows Desktop Experience (Windows Shell), from 2003 to 2012. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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