How to remove 'Home' and 'Gallery' from Windows 11 File Explorer?

Shayan

20 Apr 2024, 16:07 UTC

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I want this section removed from Windows 11 Explorer:

The registry method to remove the key on [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327] did not work for me. This method was mentioned on some websites.

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harrymc

25 Apr 2024, 11:19 UTC

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From the article How to Remove Gallery from File Explorer on Windows 11?

To remove Gallery requires removing this registry key using regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}

Or in an elevated Command Prompt (cmd) :

reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}

From Add or Remove Home in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11:

The following .reg file will remove it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"HubMode"=dword:00000001

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_36354489\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}]

This will remove Home in the Navigation Pane of Explorer, except in Common Dialog Boxes. To remove it everywhere requires taking ownership over a registry key, and is detailed in the article.

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LPChipPermalink

21 Apr 2024, 20:55 UTC

Not the answer you're looking for, but maybe its good enough? There's a program on github called ExplorerPatcher, with this tool, you can finally undo Microsoft's changes to explorer, and run explorer from windows 10 or windows 7, including making adjustments to the taskbar and other things Explorer does. I haven't tested this, but maybe it will also remove these when you set it to Windows 10 mode.

LPChipPermalink

23 Apr 2024, 01:43 UTC

@harrymc I see. Maybe there was a buggy release, seems very stable in latest releases.

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