Are you tired of having to remove items from the Windows 10 Start Menu every time you want to access something else? Well, there is a way to remove items from the Start Menu without ever having to go into the Settings app.
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How to remove items from the Start menu in Windows
In Windows 10, the Start menu has been redesigned to provide more space for your apps and easier access to your most used files and folders.
To remove items from the Start menu, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the Start button and select “Tile and Group Start Menu.”
2. Select the option to “Remove items from Start menu.”
3. To remove an individual item from the Start menu, select the item and click the “Remove” button.
Hiding and removing items from the Start menu
Windows 10 provides a number of ways to hide and remove items from the Start menu.
You can hide individual items, or entire categories of items. You can also hide all items, or just specific items.
To hide an item:
- From the Start menu, click the arrow next to the item you want to hide.
- Click the “Hide” button.
To remove an item from the Start menu:
- From the Start menu, click the arrow next to the item you want to remove.
- Click the “Remove” button.
To hide all items from the Start menu:
- From the Start menu, click the gear icon ( ).
- Click the “Start Menu” tab.
- Under “Start Menu items,” click “Hide All.”
Unpinning items from the Start menu
There are a few ways to unpin items from the Start menu in Windows 10:
1. Right-click on an empty area on the Start menu and select “Unpin from Start.”
2. Open the Start menu and select “Customize Start.” On the “Startup Programs” tab, uncheck the box next to the program you want to unpin.
3. Right-click on an item on the Start menu and select “Remove from Start.”
4. Hit “Windows Key + I” to open the “Command Prompt” and type “net start [program name].” For example, to start Firefox, type “net start Firefox.”
5. Open the ” charms ” application and click on the “Settings” tab. Under “Startup Programs,” uncheck the box next to the program you want to unpin.
Deleting items from the Start menu
There are a few ways to remove items from the Start menu in Windows 10. Some of the methods are as follows:
1. From the Start screen, search for “Task Manager.” (If you do not have the “Task Manager” app installed, you can install it from the Windows Store.) When the Task Manager window opens, click the “Start” tab, and then click “Task Manager.”
2. Right-click the Start button and click “Customize Start.” On the “Start Menu” tab, under “Startup items,” click the “Remove” link next to the item you want to delete.
3. Right-click the Start button and click “Command Prompt (Admin).” Type “regedit” (without the quotation marks) and press Enter. The Registry Editor window opens.
4. In the Registry Editor window, click the “Start” key and then click the “OK” button. The “Startup” tab appears.
5. In the “Startup” tab, under “Filesystem,” click the “Remove” link next to the item you want to delete.
6. In the Registry Editor window, under “Hibernation,” click the “Remove” link next to the item you want to delete.
7. In the Registry Editor window, under “System,” click the “Remove” link next to the item you want to delete.
Cleaning up the Start menu
One of the complaints about Windows 10 is that the Start menu is cluttered and hard to use. One way to clean up the Start menu is to remove items from it that you don’t use or that you don’t want to see.
To remove items from the Start menu:
1. Open the Start menu.
2. On the horizontal bar that divides the Start menu into columns, click the column you want to work with.
3. On the right side of the column, click the arrow next to the name of the item you want to remove.
4. Click the x next to the name of the item to remove it from the Start menu.
5. Click OK to close the column.
To remove items from the Start menu by category:
1. Open the Start menu.
2. On the horizontal bar that divides the Start menu into columns, click the category you want to work with.
3. On the right side of the category, click the arrow next to the name of the item you want to remove.
4. Click the x next to the name of the item to remove it from the Start menu.
5. Click OK to close the category.
Conclusion
If you want to remove items from the windows 10 start menu, you can use a few simple methods.
