How to customize Quick access in Windows 10

This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to customize Windows’s quick access feature.

By default, File Explorer opens to Quick Access. This feature lets you quickly find files and folders without searching the entire drive. Quick Access is effortless for you. Just right-click it and select Pin to Quick Access. Unpin it when you don’t need it there anymore.

Customizing Quick Access in Windows 10 can be useful for students and new users who want to manage their files and folders efficiently. You can quickly access files and folders without searching the entire drive by pinning frequently accessed files and folders.

Additionally, you can disable Quick Access if you don’t want Windows to automatically add frequently accessed files and recent folders. This can be particularly useful for users who want to keep their privacy intact and don’t want others to see their recently accessed files and folders.

Knowing how to customize Quick Access in Windows 10 can help you save time and improve your productivity.

To get started with customizing Windows Quick Access, follow the steps below:

Disable Quick Access

Windows automatically adds frequently accessed files and recent folders to Quick Access so they will be easy to find. If you don’t want them to show up, simply disable the feature.

You can customize Quick Access only to show you pinned files and folders. Recent and frequently Accessed files and folders will not automatically be added to Quick Access.

Open Windows File Explorer, click the View tab, and select Options. 

Choose the option to Open File Explorer on This PC. Then, clear the checked boxes in the Privacy section and select Apply.

This disabled Quick Access in Windows.

Pin, Remove Customize Quick Access

 You can set a folder to show up in Quick Access so it’ll be easy to find. Just right-click it and select Pin to Quick Access. 

Unpin it when you don’t need it there.

You can customize Quick Access to only your pinned folders and turn off recent files or frequent folders automatically added to Quick Access.

Open Windows File Explorer, click the View tab, and select Options. In the Privacy section, clear the check boxes and select Apply. 

Now Quick Access will only show your pinned folders.

You can remove items from Quick Access. If your document shows up in Quick Access that you don’t want to see again, right-click it and select Remove from Quick Access. 

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed students and new users how to customize the Windows Quick Access feature. If you find any error above, please report it below.