This post shows students and new users steps to reset File Explorer’s folder view when using Windows 11. With Windows, one can customize File Explorer folder views by adding or removing the preview/details pane, displaying icons vs list, grouping, sorting, and more.
If you have customized File Explorer folder views and want to reset all the changes you’ve made, the steps below will show you how to do that.
Windows File Explorer includes five folder templates that one can use to customize the view of folders. General items, Documents, Pictures, Music, and videos are these templates. Each one of these templates provides a unique layout, sorting, and grouping of items depending on the folder’s content type.
Remember that if you reset a particular folder template, only that template is reset and the others are untouched. So for example, when you reset the Documents folder views, only the Document template is reset and the other templates are left alone.
To resetting File Explorer folder views, follow the steps below.
How to reset the File Explorer folder’s view on Windows 11
As mentioned above, if you have made changes to File Explorer folder views and want to reset everything back to the default, use the steps below.
First, go and open File Explorer on Windows 11. Alternatively, you can press the Windows key + Eon on the keyboard to open File Explorer.
Once opened, click on the ellipse (three dots on the toolbar) and select Options.
On the View tab, under Folder views, click the Reset Folders button to reset File Explorers’ folder views.
When you click the reset button, you’ll get a confirmation window to confirm the changes, click Yes.
After that, File Explore folder views should be reset to the default.
That should do it!
Conclusion:
This post showed you how to reset File Explorer’s folder views using Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.
