In Windows 11 file explorer navigation pane, how do I move Quick Access pins back to the top of the list?

Anonymous
2022-11-12T22:09:14+00:00

When I updated my machine to Windows 11, the quick access items were moved beneath OneDrive in the File Explorer navigation pane. This is a big inconvenience since I always have my OneDrive folder expanded and can no longer scroll to the top to access my pinned folders. How do I get the pinned Quick Access items back to the top of the navigation pane where I can – ironically – access them quickly?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T22:39:58+00:00

    Same problem here. I don't mind having OneDrive in the sidebar, as long as it knows its place. Which is alongside other cloud storage providers like Dropbox, iCloud Drive or Creative Cloud Files. And not promoted to the top of the navigation sidebar as an unfair advantage over its competitors, which are below the Quick Access list...

    For me, the fix was simple. I moved the few things I had in OneDrive over to Dropbox and uninstalled OneDrive.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-25T12:19:10+00:00

    Hah!😉

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-02T07:25:31+00:00

    Hi All,

    I just checked and there is a post very similar to this discussion on the Feedback Hub. I've pasted the link below in case anyone wants to upvote it.

    https://aka.ms/AAjgin1

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-14T12:34:51+00:00

    One of most frustrating thing after update to W11. I can not to get used to this.. it is sooo anoying!
    Hope MS will do somethning with this soon. It will be best update If they just allow us to move pinned folders up..

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