Quick access gives you faster navigation to your most frequent folders and files, and here's how to customize the feature on Windows 10.

Disable Quick Access in Explorer Navigation Pane of Windows 11/10, Clear Quick Access History, Stop displaying recently & frequently used files & folders.

Modify Quick access with the Folder Options settings in File Explorer. While it’s handy to have specific folders in Quick access in Windows 10, it’s not necessarily handy to have the operating ...

Windows offers three panes in File Explorer: the navigation pane, the preview pane, and the details pane. The navigation pane on the left sidebar allows you to easily browse through folders and is ...

Files' update introduces the new Omnibar feature, merging breadcrumb path & search box for enhanced functionality. Omnibar includes breadcrumb bar for navigation, edit path mode for easy path ...

The Windows 10 File Explorer's new Quick Access view can be handy indeed, but here's how to disable it and bring back the This PC view if you're so inclined.

File Explorer has, for some reason, start to display some weird behaviour. As you can see in the screenshot, most shortcuts under "This PC" and "Quick Access" have the correct icon but no name ...

Windows 10 and Windows 11 offer a feature in File Explorer that gives you quick access to your most frequently used folders and recently used files. Let's check out how it works.

In this how-to guide we go through the steps needed to remove the new quick access from the navigation pane in Windows 10, for those who feel the feature doesn't bring much value.

If Quick Access crashes File Explorer, run File and Folder Troubleshooter. If this does not work, here are some other fixes that will help.