Personalization Add or Remove Quick Settings in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Quick Settings for your account in Windows 11.

Quick Settings gives you quick access from the taskbar corner to commonly used settings and apps like Volume, Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Rotation lock, Battery saver, Accessibility, Night light, Mobile hotspot, Nearby sharing, Cast, and Project. Directly above your Quick Settings, you will see media playback controls when playing music or videos in Microsoft Edge or streaming music in apps like Spotify.

Starting with Windows 11 build 22579, the Keyboard Layout section has been removed from Quick Settings.

You can no longer add and remove Quick Settings in Windows 11 version 24H2.

Starting with Windows 11 build 25967 (Canary), Microsoft is trying out a scrollable view of quick settings to some Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel as part of evaluating effectiveness of different layouts. As part of the change, rather than having to edit the list to add new quick actions, the user now has a scrollable list of quick actions that can be rearranged.



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EXAMPLE: Quick Settings on taskbar corner

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Option One

Add Quick Settings


1 Open Quick Settings (Win+A). (see screenshot below step 2)

2 Click/tap on the Edit quick settings (pencil) button. (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap on Add, and click/tap on an available setting you want to add. (see screenshot below)

You will need to repeat this step for each setting you want to add.


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4 You can drag and drop settings to re-arrange them in Quick Settings.

5 Click/tap on Done when finished adding settings. (see screenshot below)

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Option Two

Remove Quick Settings


1 Open Quick Settings (Win+A). (see screenshot below step 2)

2 Click/tap on the Edit quick settings (pencil) button. (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap on the Unpin button on the settings you want to remove. (see screenshot below)

You will need to repeat this step for each setting you want to remove.


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4 You can drag and drop settings to re-arrange them in Quick Settings.

5 Click/tap on Done when finished removing settings. (see screenshot below)

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That's it,
Shawn Brink


 
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On your first screenshot there is a Microsoft media player shown. I have the same thing using Chrome, but it persists after I've stopped streaming bluetooth and closed Chrome and only goes away after a restart.

Do you know how or if it can be removed?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 15 9510
    CPU
    11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz (16 CPUs
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
    Hard Drives
    512GB Solid State Drive
    Browser
    Chrome
Hi,
Quick settings I've never cared to use paired with notifications I never want to see :/
Edge is just whack on there to Shawn :p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win-7-10-11Pro's
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 17" Nitro 7840sn/ 2x16gb 5600c40/ 4060/ stock 1tb-os/ 4tb sn850x
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    10900k & 9940x & 5930k
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    z490-Apex & x299-Apex & x99-Sabertooth
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    Onboard Realtek x3
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    1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
    Screen Resolution
    1920-1080 not sure what the t.v is besides 43" class scales from 1920-1080 perfectly
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    2-WD-sn850x 4tb/ 970evo+500gb/ 980 pro 2tb.
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    1000p2 & 1200p2 & 850p2
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    D450 x2 & 1 Test bench in cherry Entertainment center
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    Custom water loops x3 with 2x mora 360mm rads only 980ti gaming air cooled
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    G710+x3
    Mouse
    Redragon x3
    Internet Speed
    xfinity gigabyte
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    mbam pro
I've just seen this new tutorial from @Brink which should solve the issue.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 15 9510
    CPU
    11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz (16 CPUs
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
    Hard Drives
    512GB Solid State Drive
    Browser
    Chrome
You can no longer add and remove Quick Settings in Windows 11 version 24H2.
:ffs:
I mean, really. It worked fine before, adding, removing...
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-10600K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Aorus Z490 Elite AC
    Memory
    32 GB (G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-3600C16D-32GVKC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG UltraGear 32GR93U
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Lexar NM790 2TB; Lexar NM790 2TB; Seagate Barracuda Compute 8TB
    PSU
    be quiet! Straight Power 11 750W
    Case
    be quiet! Silent Base 801
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-1155G7
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xᵉ
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
:ffs:
I mean, really. It worked fine before, adding, removing...
Well, technically you can still disable Quick Settings below to remove the whole thing if wanted.


All you can do now is re-arrange the quick settings to keep your most used ones on top.

 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
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    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Well, I do use it from time to time, just to turn on/off bluetooth and Wi-Fi. All the rest, I never use. It's a shame that they had to change this.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-10600K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Aorus Z490 Elite AC
    Memory
    32 GB (G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-3600C16D-32GVKC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG UltraGear 32GR93U
    Screen Resolution
    4K
    Hard Drives
    Lexar NM790 2TB; Lexar NM790 2TB; Seagate Barracuda Compute 8TB
    PSU
    be quiet! Straight Power 11 750W
    Case
    be quiet! Silent Base 801
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-1155G7
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xᵉ
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080

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