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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  1. John Yost 0 Reputation points
    2026-06-11T18:15:43.6266667+00:00

    This method works for 25H2 where the start menu is restricted to "Category" view and Copilot AI has organized the apps into groups (who at Microsoft thought of this, and WHY?!?!)

    To restore the "View" options in the Win11 25H2 start menu and to see ALL the apps listed, open Regedit as Administrator

    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4

    Create New Key: 3036241548

    Create Value "EnableState" (DWORD32) and set it to 1

    Create Value "EnableStateOptions" (DWORD32) and set it to 1

    Restart the PC. This will restore the View options (Category, Grid, or List) in the start menu and allow you to change the layout just like you were able to in 24H2.

    Then if you want to force a certain layout modify the registry as follows:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Start

    AllAppsViewMode - (0)=Category (1)=Grid (2)=List

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