Remove Home and Gallery from the Windows 11 File Explorer sidebar — by harrymc on Super User

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The answer removes the Gallery (and Home) entries by deleting their Explorer namespace keys from the registry, with reg delete commands for an elevated prompt. Registry edits can break things, so export the keys first, and expect feature updates to bring the entries back.

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