You can clear the Quick access history for files and folders. If you prefer not to open the Quick access view every time you open File Explorer, you can change it to open This PC instead, and more.

Some people just aren’t fans of File Explorer’s Favorites section (known as Quick access in Windows 10). They’re missing out. Because for anyone who regularly goes back and forth between a ...

Notice the Quick Access view of File Explorer does not have the icon to grant access to the Windows Control Panel. To add access to the Windows 11 Control Panel into File Explorer, we must edit ...

How to open File Explorer on Windows 10 On Windows 10, you can open File Explorer in several ways, including: Clicking the File Explorer icon in the taskbar. "Windows key + E" keyboard shortcut ...

Once done, close all Explorer windows and reopen it – Libraries will appear under the Frequent folder’s group in Quick Access, as you can see on the lead-in image of this post. That’s it!

The available quick access icons for this feature represent several default folders and apps common on most Windows 11 installations, including Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Settings and File ...

A quick note on the name: Microsoft has called its file manager Windows Explorer since Windows 95. With Windows 8, they renamed it File Explorer —a good change in my opinion.