Disable Quick Access in Explorer Navigation Pane of Windows 11/10, Clear Quick Access History, Stop displaying recently & frequently used files & folders.

You can make Windows File Explorer open to This PC, instead of Quick Access in Windows 11/10, using GPO< File Explorer Options or REGEDIT.

Quick access gives you faster navigation to your most frequent folders and files, and here's how to customize the feature on Windows 10.

When using it, I rely on pinning items to the Quick Access pane in the left corner of File Explorer. This helpful feature allows you to access frequently used folders and other items.

Quick Access The Quick Access area, which by default is the first section of the Navigation Pane in the left-hand column, is essentially a Bookmarks bar for File Explorer.

Windows offers three panes in File Explorer: the navigation pane, the preview pane, and the details pane. The navigation pane on the left sidebar allows you to easily browse through folders and is ...

Some people just aren’t fans of File Explorer’s Favorites section (known as Quick access in Windows 10). They’re missing out. Because for anyone who regularly goes back and forth between a ...

The Quick Access toolbar appears by default in File Explorer's title bar. This toolbar holds convenient one-click buttons that let you perform actions like creating a new folder or opening the ...

Quick Access: An upgraded Favorites section for the new File Explorer.

In this how-to guide we go through the steps needed to remove the new quick access from the navigation pane in Windows 10, for those who feel the feature doesn't bring much value.