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
    2025-01-07T11:54:49+00:00

    This is an awful feature with no obvious workaround.

    The time and energy I've wasted trying to find an answer to remove this flawed feature that appeared without notice, pales in comparison to the time this feature wastes for my work, just to try and force me to use Microsoft's prferred approach to file saving.

    Microsoft seem determined to lower the quality and utility of their products, without accepting any user feedback.

    Excel becomes less and less efficient with every update.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-02T11:47:57+00:00

    Yes Microsoft please remove this feature or allow us to modify it. I want browse at the top, not all these quick access suggestions. Most are from teams.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T12:18:31+00:00

    Hi Nate, this changes the top Quick Access icons, not the long list that shows up on the "Open" option. That brings up a ton of SharePoint sites that I never save documents to. I want that **** gone!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-18T16:13:12+00:00

    Microsoft - please stop adding "features" that reduce efficiency. It's as if your engineers don't actually use products.

    Thanks to this new crapola feature that can't be turned off, I have to scroll through a (very long) list of every sharepoint I have ever had access to at work just to get to "browse".

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T16:59:57+00:00

    I third this!! Please remove it.

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