Remove Home from the File Explorer sidebar — via Winaero

Registrylow riskWindows 11 22H2 and later

Hides the Home entry (recent files and Quick access) from the navigation pane for your account. Pair it with "open to This PC" so Explorer doesn't start on a page you've hidden.

Restart Explorer (or sign out) to see it

Registry change

Download apply .reg Download undo .reg

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

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}]
"System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"=dword:00000000

Undo

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}]

Same thing from a command prompt

Run in a normal (non-admin) Command Prompt or Terminal.

reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}" /v "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Undo:

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903}" /f
Older guides use HubMode and delete an HKLM key; Winaero says that method is only for 21H2. This per-user version doesn't touch system keys.

Sources

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.

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