Remove "Give access to" from the right-click menu (Windows 10) — via Winaero
Windows 10 adds a "Give access to" item for sharing files and folders over the network. If you never share that way, blocking it shortens the menu.
Restart Explorer (or sign out) to see it
Registry change
Double-click a .reg file and confirm to merge it. Right-click → Edit first if you want to read it, which is always a good idea with any .reg file from the internet.
Apply
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Oddbyte.Me: Remove "Give access to" from the right-click menu (Windows 10)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"=""Undo
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Oddbyte.Me: undo Remove "Give access to" from the right-click menu (Windows 10)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"=-Same thing from a command prompt
Run in an administrator Command Prompt or Terminal.
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" /v "{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}" /t REG_SZ /d "" /fUndo:
reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" /v "{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}" /fThis guide was written for Windows 10 and hasn't been confirmed on Windows 11. Winaero notes that Winaero Tweaker's version of this tweak also removes the Sharing tab from Properties; the plain registry value doesn't.
Sources
- Remove Give Access To Context Menu in Windows 10 — by Winaero
- Source reviewed
- 2026-11-02
- Link checked
- 2026-11-02
- Tested hands-on
- Not by Oddbyte.Me
Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.