How do i get rid of the yesterday, today stuff in folders

Anonymous
2023-02-23T20:09:41+00:00

I know this question has been answered before but for some reason some my folders keep going back to the Today, Yesterday etc. format and i like to use large icons and some of my folders are defaulting back to the Details format, they won't stay at what i set them at. is there some way to permanently stop Windows use of this type of folder setup, i'm fed up with having to adjust each and every folder only to have Windows ignore my settings.

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Anonymous
2023-02-23T22:41:01+00:00

Hi, I’m Nicole, I’ll be happy to help you out today.

Try this procedure

Open File Explorer.

Click on the "View" tab in the ribbon menu.

Click on the "Group by" dropdown menu.

Select "None" from the options.

This should disable the grouping of files and folders by date. If you want to apply this setting to all folders, follow these steps:

Open File Explorer.

Click on the "View" tab in the ribbon menu.

Click on "Options" in the right-hand corner of the ribbon.

In the "Folder Options" window that appears, click on the "View" tab.

Scroll down and click on "Apply to Folders" button.

Click "Yes" when prompted to confirm.

This should apply the "None" grouping option to all folders. However, keep in mind that some folders may still have their own unique view settings, which could cause them to display differently. If this happens, you may need to adjust the view settings for those folders individually.

Hope this help.

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  1. Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-09-19T23:38:44+00:00

    I do not have "Group BY" anywhere.

    Maybe you're looking at a file open/save dialog. If so, right-click in the white space of that dialog and you should get View, Sort by, and Group by options. If that's not it, post a screenshot of what you're looking at.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T14:57:07+00:00

    Thanks, I'll look at this. Not sure how it has been there since windows 7 and I was never affected in Windows 7 or 10. Windows 11 changed all that. I will not be upgrading any of my personal machines to 11 (only forced to be here on work machines), and in fact, Windows 11 convinced me for the first time to buy a MacBook Pro for personal use. So disappointed in the software.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T23:24:10+00:00

    NOPE! Does not fix the problem where when opening an App like Word, Excel, or a third party app, when you browse to open a folder you still see the today, yesterday, etc. The windows 11 file explorer is nothing but a piece of $h**. Someone needs to be kicked in the shins really hard, twice, for being stupid.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T23:09:27+00:00

    This does not solve the issue where you still see today, yesterday, etc. when you open an App, like Word, then browse and you still see today, yesterday, a long time ago, etc.
    This new file Explorer is total **** and needs to be fixed.

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