This article tells you how to remove Quick access and also hide the special user folders from This PC view — both from the right pane as well as from the navigation pane.<\/p>\n
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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n Starting from Windows 10 v1607, there is a new registry edit to remove Quick access. The registry edit also works on Windows 11 (all versions), including Version 21H2. To remove Quick access, follow these steps.<\/p>\n REG File for the above edit:<\/strong> Download disable_quickaccess_hubmode.zip<\/a><\/p>\n The above registry edit disables Quick access for all user accounts.<\/p>\n With Quick access hidden in the navigation pane, you can still<\/strong> access the Quick access home view by creating a shortcut with the following target:<\/p>\n Or you can run the following Shell command from the Run dialog (WinKey + R):<\/p>\n This method works (but with a small side-effect mentioned below) in all versions of Windows 10, starting from version 1511 and higher. The trick is to reset the shell folder attributes using the SFGAO<\/a> Flags documentation posted by Microsoft.<\/p>\n This hides the Quick access section from File Explorer.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the above registry method of resetting “Attributes” to a0600000 is not without any side-effect. It breaks drag-drop functionality<\/a> in the navigation pane. After applying the setting, nothing would happen if you drag a file or folder onto a file system location underneath This PC<\/b> in the navigation pane.<\/p>\n After testing with different values, I’ve noticed that instead of a0600000<\/b>, if you set it 88000<\/b> (0x00088000), you can hide Quick access and at the same time, preserve the drag-drop functionality<\/u> in the navigation pane. The Quick access icon (the blue star) isn’t removed, though; it appears dimmed or ghosted and not as prominent as before.<\/p>\n Since Windows 11 (Insider Preview) build 22593, Quick access in File Explorer is now called “Home”.<\/p>\n To hide “Home” for your user account, run this command:<\/p>\n Optionally, you can change the start folder<\/a> to This PC.<\/em><\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> Despite hiding the link in Explorer, Explorer defaults to Home (Quick access) view by default<\/a> unless you change the Explorer default start folder. Alternately, you can access the “Home” view by running this command:<\/em><\/p>\n To revert back to the original setting, run this command:<\/p>\n No restart is needed.<\/p>\n To remove the user folders from This PC namely, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, and 3D Objects<\/a> follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n
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Remove Quick access & User Folders (under “This PC” )<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Removing “Quick access” from Windows 10\/11 File Explorer<\/h3>\n
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regedit.exe<\/code>) and go to:\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
HubMode<\/strong><\/code><\/li>\nHubMode<\/strong><\/code> value data to 1<\/code>
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\n<\/a>Old Method (For Windows 10 v1511 and up) to remove Quick access<\/h3>\n
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\CLSID<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}<\/strong><\/code><\/li>\n{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}<\/code>, create a subkey named ShellFolder<\/code><\/li>\nShellFolder<\/code>. In the right-pane, create a DWORD 32-bit value named Attributes<\/code><\/li>\nAttributes<\/code> and set its value data as a0600000<\/code> (Hex).<\/li>\nMinor Side-effect<\/h4>\n
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\n<\/a>Remove “Home” from Explorer in Windows 11<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nreg add HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} \/v System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree \/d 0 \/t REG_DWORD \/f<\/pre>\n![\"remove](\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/w11-home-quick-access-2.png\")
<\/p>\nshell:::{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}<\/pre>\nreg\u00a0delete\u00a0HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}\u00a0\/v\u00a0System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree\u00a0\/f<\/pre>\n
\n<\/a>Removing user folders from This PC<\/h2>\n
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regedit.exe<\/code> and go to the following branch:\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
HideMyComputerIcons<\/code><\/li>\nHideMyComputerIcons<\/code>. In the right-pane, create a DWORD (32 bit) value, with the {GUID} string as the value name. The {GUID} string for each shell folder is provided below.For each shell folder you want to hide, you need to create a new {GUID} value, of type REG_DWORD, and set it’s data to 1<\/b>.
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