How to stop folders from automatically adding into Quick access please?

Anonymous
2023-03-29T03:42:54+00:00

There is no "view ribbon". So please don't tell me to go there. Microsoft goes out of it's way to make things more difficult and less private with every new update.

There is no view tab nor view ribbon anywhere in file explorer so please miss me with the stock answers.

There is a view pulldown and a sort pulldown and three dots. Those are the only things clickable on file explorer and none of them have anthing to do with quick access or any other intrusion of privacy.

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Anonymous
2023-03-29T04:38:06+00:00

Hi! I'm Laurice, an Independent Advisor. I am more than happy to help you out. :)

File Explorer adds these folders that you often use. To stop the folders from showing in Quick Access:

  1. Click the See more menu (the three dots icon) and select Options.
  2. On the Folder Options dialog, make sure the General tab is active.
  3. In the Privacy section, uncheck the Show frequently used folders and Show recently used files in Quick Access in Quick Access box.
  4. Click Clear next to Clear File Explorer history.

Click OK.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-11T19:06:11+00:00

    OH MY GOD WHY WAS THIS EVER A THING!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-18T09:34:59+00:00

    HERE IT IS

    There is no See more menu (3 dots icon). I have Windows 11 and Office 365. I have spent over an hour trying to find out where this can be. That option appears to have been available in Windows 10 with Office other than 365. Any suggestions for this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T21:46:22+00:00

    But I don't have Quick Access as an option for "Open File Explorer to". Yet I see the folders in File Explorer. ???

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-20T22:21:26+00:00

    Windows 10 Solution:

    1. When in file Explorer go to 'This PC'
    2. Click the 'File' tab in the top left
    3. Go to 'Change folder and search options' then a new window will open
    4. Under privacy, uncheck "Show recently used files in Quick Access" and "Show frequently used folders in Quick access"

    The names for different options and tabs shouldn't be different (hopefully)

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