In Excel, how do I remove the Quick Access pane in the File Save interface?

Anonymous
2024-10-01T13:44:05+00:00

The quick access pane is providing links that I do not have write access to and never save to, and I need the 'Browse' folder option at the bottom, which I now have to use the scroll bar in order to select. This is adding extra steps and reducing efficiency, so I would like to remove the Quick Access pane.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-24T12:59:35+00:00

    Still no fix but keep the complaints coming! Build this thread until it can't be ignored anymore!!!

    So much wasted time now due to this forced change!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-24T07:19:18+00:00

    this is a really annoying and unnecessary addition to the system.

    I DO NOT WANT TO SAVE IN SHAREPOINT OR THE CLOUD BY DEFAULT!

    I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT I DO NOT USE TO GET TO THE FILE LOCATIONS THAT I DO USE

    I want the quick access file list to contain the items I put in there, I do not want it to contain anything that someone else thinks I should want to clog up my day.

    Please consider that the users possibly know better than you what they want to do.

    This is on a par with the famous paper clip, and the automatic desktop clean-up wizard that threw away files that you were working on

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-23T18:03:22+00:00

    You can try creating a custom ribbon that includes a 'save as' button. This will just open the save as dialogue box without the extra click and scroll.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-22T20:46:03+00:00

    First, we had Teams with the dark theme that has white lines, and it’s about to drive us crazy out of nowhere! Then we have this wonderful change with the multiple save locations, which I don’t know where they came from or why.

    Who knows what other pointless change we should expect next?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-22T19:46:24+00:00

    Microsoft please fix this or post how we can eliminate this list of site/locations that we don't use in individual work. This is very annoying when trying to open an excel file.

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