Personalization Enable or Disable Recommended Tips, Shortcuts, New Apps, and more on Start Menu in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing recommended tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more on the Start menu for your account in Windows 11.

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

You can choose to turn on or off show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more on Start.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26300.8553 (Experimental 25H2), the "Recommended" section has been renamed to "Recent" in Start and Settings page.



Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start menu in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start menu using REG file
  • Option Three: Turn On or Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start menu in Registry Editor




Option One

Turn On or Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start menu in Settings


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)


Start_recommendations-1.png

3 Perform an available action below. (see screenshots below)
  • Turn On (default) or Off Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more for what you want.
  • Turn On (default) or Off Show tips and app recommendations for what you want.
Start_recommendations-2.webp
Start_recommendations-3.webp

4 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Turn On or Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start menu using REG file


This option will not work when Administrator protection is turned on.


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

2 Turn On "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start

This is the default setting.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_Show_recommendations_for_tips_shortcuts_new-apps_amd_more_on_Start.reg​


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_IrisRecommendations"=dword:00000001

3 Turn Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_Show_recommendations_for_tips_shortcuts_new-apps_amd_more_on_Start.reg​


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_IrisRecommendations"=dword:00000000

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.

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

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

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.




Option Three

Turn On or Off "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more" on Start menu in Registry Editor


1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

2 Navigate to the key location below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)

HKEY_USERS\<SID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced​

Substitute <SID> in the key path above with the actual SID for the account you want to apply this to.

For example:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2498639629-3946114050-4100787084-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced


3 In the right pane of the Advanced key, double click/tap on the Start_IrisRecommendations DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below)

Start_IrisRecommendations-1.webp

4 Enter 0 (off) or 1 (on - default) for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

Start_IrisRecommendations-2.webp

5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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I used the reg file but the Recommendations section is still there:
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Br19090 said:
I used the reg file but the Recommendations section is still there:
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Hello, and welcome to the forum. :alien:

Correct. This only removes these items from the "Recommended" section instead.

If you have an Education or Enterprise edition of Windows 11 installed, you can use the tutorial below to remove the Recommended section.

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Tutorial updated to add option three. :alien:
 

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,
    TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Amazon Basics Wired Full Keyboard MD005
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 4
    Internet Speed
    2 Gbps Download and 100 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
    Other Info
    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
    Microsoft Defender
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