Microsoft added a new feature to the File Explorer with Windows 10 by adding the 'Home' button on the left side of the application. While the new area will likely help many users get to their frequently viewed content faster, we know that some of you do not want Microsoft tracking your recently modified content.
So, if you fall in the latter group, there is an easy way to remove the content from File Explorer. To clear this information, do the following:
- Right mouse click on the task bar.
- Click Properties.
- In the new window that opens up, click Start Menu.
- Under the privacy box, uncheck both items.
- Click Apply.
After doing this, your File Explorer 'Home' page will be cleared of the 'Recent Files' and 'Frequent Folders' areas. Seeing how simple this procedure is, Microsoft is accurately aware that they know their users do not want to have their clicks tracked locally.
There are other ways to remove this content using registry tweaks but as we learned recently, by modifying this content, it could block you from getting future updates for the Windows Insider program. And the functionality built in, we can't see any reason why you would want to tweak the registry to achieve the same result.
Thanks for the tip @korinred!
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