Personalization Add or Remove Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove recently added apps on the Start menu Recommended section for your account or all users in Windows 11.

The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.

The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files.

The Recommended section on the Start menu shows a list of your recently installed apps (aka: "Recently added") and recently opened items.

Starting with Windows 11 build 23575.1001 (Dev) and build 22635.3140 (Beta), Microsoft is trying out grouping recently added apps on your PC into a folder under the Recommended section of Start with some Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.




EXAMPLE: "Recently added" apps list on Start menu







1 Open the Start menu . (see screenshots below)

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• Under Recommended, right click on a Recently added app you want to remove, and click/tap on Remove from list.
• Click/tap on the More button under Recommended, right click on a Recently added app you want to remove, and click/tap on Remove from list.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.3671 (Beta 24H2) and build 26200.5518 (Dev), turning off Show recently added apps will now hide recommendations.

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Start on the right side. (see screenshot below)


3 Turn On (default) or Off Show recently added apps for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)


4 You can now close Settings if you like.





1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you want.

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)






(Contents of REG file for reference)

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.

The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Five to configure the same policy.

1 Open the all users, specific users or groups, or all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.

2 Navigate to the policy location below you want in the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor. (see screenshot below)





3 In the right pane of Start Menu and Taskbar in the Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Remove "Recently added" list from Start Menu policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4 Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you want.

This is the default setting to allow users to use Option One, Option Two, and Option Three.

This will disable and prevent users from using Option One, Option Two, and Option Three.

7 You can now close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.

You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.

1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.

This is the default setting to allow users to use Option One, Option Two, and Option Three.

(Contents of REG file for reference)

This will disable and prevent users from using Option One, Option Two, and Option Three.

(Contents of REG file for reference)

4 Save the REG file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink