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
    2025-07-04T02:09:15+00:00

    Agreed, wonder why MS allows such an awful feature to show up, as it brings trouble in a big company, while I'm viewing other files, and a simple "Ctrl+S" modifies other documents, which leads to serious trouble. Maybe MS is bullying us, either MS or nothing? Or is this a monopoly behavior?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-19T19:02:09+00:00

    Please disable the Quick access in "Save as".

    Please turn off this feature. It takes far too much space. I need to save each time to other folder and so i have to scroll far down each time.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T15:48:22+00:00

    Thanks, happy it helped.

    Link updated in my post now.

    Just need Microsoft to fix it properly now😱

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T15:10:33+00:00

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