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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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This feature is useless. Why did they think it was a good idea? I'm curious to see the use case but all my users are complaining about this useless feature. It's forcing Sharepoint sites that most people don't work on. At least give us the option to remove it.
It could be a handy feature if they put it below the browse button.
I hope they do shift things to make Saving As to a new file faster.
I've tried a number of things including the suggestions here and still have no solutions.
Savannah,
What is the work around for opening an excel file and avoiding that list of unwanted "quick access" locations and get to the 'browse' option?
As of now, there's no way to remove it. The "workaround" is to add the "Save As" button to your Quick Access toolbar at the top of your screen (or can choose to show below the ribbon).
Click the down arrow on the Quick Access toolbar > then More Commands
Scroll down in the commands menu until you find Save As and click the Add >> button to added it to your Quick Access toolbar (you can add whatever tools you use most here, for quick selection, and order them however you want, via this menu). Click OK.
Use the Save As button in your Quick Access toolbar, when you'd normally click File > Save As > Browse, and you'll no longer have to scroll past all the unnecessary stuff in the File menu.
A workaround is to get the old-school Save dialog box by adding the "Save as" button to the quick launch bar at the top-left (near the normal "Save" command). Click on the down-arrow near the top-left, click "More Commands", and add "Save As" as shown in the image here. Thanks to my departmental informatics director for pointing this out!