In Windows 10, a new File Explorer location, Quick access opens automatically whenever you open File Explorer. It collects information about files and folders you recently used and shows them in the File Explorer, so you can easily access them again.
How to stop Quick Access from adding folders
But sometimes you might not want your private files to show up in Quick access, and you’ll want to hide them. You can simply delete the file, but it will also be deleted from its original location, so we don’t recommend this. But you can also hide the file from Quick access section and prevent it from further showing up, and here’s how to do that: That would be all, the file or folder you selected will never show up in the Quick access again. The Quick access location in File Explorer is the successor of Recent files feature, which was placed in the Start Menu in older versions of Windows. Since the Recent files feature is removed in Windows 10 Technical Preview, using Quick access is probably the easiest and fastest way to access your recent files.
How to customize Quick Access in Windows 10
If you want to fully configure Quick Access on your computer, you can also set it to show only pinned items and choose what folder you want it to open first. We’ll list the steps to follow below. Display pinned folders in Quick Access Open Windows 10 to This PC If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us in the comments section below, we would love to hear your thoughts.
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