Sart Now Showing All Apps

James 130 Reputation points
2026-02-20T11:42:22.71+00:00

All of a sudden, the start menu is showing 'All' apps.
How do I turn this off?
So far, I haven't found a way to turn this off.

James

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Start Menu
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DaveM121 935.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-02-20T12:18:10.2+00:00

From your description of the problem, you have received the new Windows 11 start menu, and it is not very configurable yet, there is no setting or method available to remove the all apps section from the new Windows 11 start menu.

Onb your start menu, do you now see blocks of tiles each with 3 apps inside, if so, that is the new WIndows 11 Start Menu, the only setting currently on that menu, is to click the 'Category' drop-down menu and select Grid or List.

The best option is to open the Feedback Hub app in Windows and report the lack of configurable settings on the new Start Menu to their developers there.

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    2026-02-20T11:42:32.16+00:00

    To turn off the display of the 'All apps' list in the Start menu on Windows 11, you can adjust the relevant policy settings. You can use the Group Policy Editor or the Registry Editor to change the settings. Here’s how you can do it:

    1. Using Group Policy Editor (if available):
      • Press Win + R to open the Run dialog, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter.
      • Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar.
      • Look for the setting named "Show app list in Start menu".
      • Set this policy to Disabled to hide the app list.
    2. Using Registry Editor:
      • Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter.
      • Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
      • If the Explorer key does not exist, you may need to create it.
      • Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named "NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList" and set its value to 1.
      • Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

    After making these changes, the 'All apps' list should no longer be displayed in the Start menu.

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  2. James 130 Reputation points
    2026-02-21T20:46:36.04+00:00

    I tried the Registry option and set the value to 1, restarted but it didn't work.

    I'm using Windows 11 Home.

    Is there any way I can install Group Policy Editor?

    James

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  3. J Jan 0 Reputation points
    2026-02-23T19:42:49.7633333+00:00

    I have group policy editor so I figured out where you can edit it in the registry editor. Obviously if you have group policy editor, use that because it is easier but if not then try the regedit. Also this is for the entire PC so if you want to do it for an individual user, just follow the same thing but go into the user config instead of computer config.

    Group Policy Editor

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Remove All Programs list from the Start menu: Enabled > Remove and disable setting (or there are 2 other options but this one completely removes it, as far as I can tell they seem to all do the same thing right now)

    Registry Editor

    If you don't have group policy editor, then I figured out they correspond to this: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer: create 32 bit D-WORD if it doesn't exist already:

    name: NoStartMenuMorePrograms

    hex value: 1 = Remove and disable setting

    hex value: 2 = Collapse and disable setting

    hex value: 3 = Collapse

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  4. Hero1318 45 Reputation points
    2026-02-27T20:55:10.1166667+00:00

    Finally got used to Win 11 (25H2) Start menu not showing the full apps list all the time by default, and now they've changed it without any warning or ways to choose what we want to see by default on that menu.

    Neither of the two Group Policy changes posted above removes All by default from the Start menu, even when both are set as indicated at the same time, and -yes- I restarted Win 11 after each change.

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Remove All Programs list from the Start menu>Enabled

    User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar>Show app list in Start menu>Disabled

    Not going to mess with registry edits, which may -or not- work either...

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