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

Edwin · May 25, 2024

IanMosley said:
Is there an update for this on my OS - Pro v 24H2 Build(26100.712) - with File Explorer tabs?

I had to delete {f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\
... seemed to do the trick.

Edwin · May 25, 2024

Home will still show up in the Navigation Pane if you intentionally go to that shell location, but only for that instance:

... if you don't, it won't:

Brink · May 25, 2024

Tutorial now updated.

Wisewiz · May 30, 2024

@Brink: Happy to confirm that this still works perfectly with kb5037853 (today's preview update). Thank you!

Brink · May 30, 2024

Wisewiz said:
@Brink: Happy to confirm that this still works perfectly with kb5037853 (today's preview update). Thank you!

Brink · May 31, 2024

Wisewiz said:
However, ... @Brink, now that I've moved to 24H2 26100.712, I can't get rid of the Little House on the ~~Prairie~~ Navigation pane.

Hello Dan,

Just to confirm, did you use the latest REG file versions currently in the tutorial? They've been updated recently.

Wisewiz · May 31, 2024

... and the new version works just perfectly! It's Gooooone! Thank you, Shawn. I've deleted the erroneous post.

Brink · May 31, 2024

Wisewiz said:
... and the new version works just perfectly! It's Gooooone! Thank you, Shawn. I've deleted the erronious post.

phenomz · Jun 6, 2024

What's up everyone, made my way here through Google.
Updated .reg file works perfectly for removing Home, but... what about Gallery?
This Windows update that was pushed about 5 days ago brought them back, I had them disabled, any way to remove Gallery too now?

Brink · Jun 6, 2024

phenomz said:
What's up everyone, made my way here through Google.
Updated .reg file works perfectly for removing Home, but... what about Gallery?
This Windows update that was pushed about 5 days ago brought them back, I had them disabled, any way to remove Gallery too now?

Hello,

The updated Gallery version below works as well.

Add or Remove Gallery in File Explorer Navigation Pane in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Gallery in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account or all users in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, Microsoft is introducing Gallery, a new feature in File Explorer designed to make it...

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elvengodkin1433 · Wednesday at 10:34 AM

This did not work on Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.560). I found this one recently and it worked fine.

Remove Home from Navigation Pane:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

Brink · Wednesday at 10:36 AM

elvengodkin1433 said:
This did not work on Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.560). I found this one recently and it worked fine.

Remove Home from Navigation Pane:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_36354489\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}] @="CLSID_MSGraphHomeFolder"

Hello, and welcome.

That is an older version that shouldn't work in 24H2 anymore. The updated version is currently in the tutorial if that doesn't work for someone else.

elvengodkin1433 · Wednesday at 10:40 AM

Ah i just saw the latest version you used is higher than mine. But i don't know if it makes a difference which Windows Edition you use. I can't update at the moment so your registry edit didn't work for me. I just wanted to add this info to the thread so other people can fix the problem faster.