With Windows Explorer on Windows 10, arranging your files and folders according to your preferred order is just a few clicks away. The operating system’s native file browser lets you do a lot of cool stuff in addition to the routine copy/paste/move and launch operations. When viewing a folder full of files or subfolders, you can cycle between multiple icon views (extra large, large, medium, small) or dispense with icons altogether and give prominence to details or file content. You can decide to sort your files according to one of the default attributes like name, type, size, and date modified or in ascending or descending order. You can also decide that you’d rather group similar items with each set of groupings ordered by name, size, type, etc.
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This is the process Windows 10 Home users will need to use. Note: It will only disable the ‘Recent files’ list — NOT ‘Frequent folders’. Click on the Windows Start button then open ‘Settings’ (the cog icon). Sometimes it may happen is that Windows is turning off this device whenever it is going into sleep mode. This may be the cause of the problem you are facing. Follow these steps to keep your WiFi driver ON when your computer is in Sleep mode. Remove recent files from Quick Access in Windows 10 Removing recent files from Quick Access is a little simpler. To remove resources, you do not have to turn it off. Open an Explorer window if you closed it. Right click on a file or folder and select ‘Remove from Quick Access’. The resource should now disappear from the window. The easiest way to turn off Recent Items is through Windows 10’s Settings app. Open “Settings” and click on the Personalization icon. Click on “Start” on the left side. From the right side, turn off “Show recently added apps”, and “Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar”.
From the foregoing, it is pretty clear that Windows Explorer places a lot of emphasis on the customizability of folder entries, thereby rendering the interface very easy to use and organized according to the tastes of individual users. The beauty of Explorer is that the sort, view and group options can easily be changed. A user unsatisfied with a certain view mode only needs to click the View option to make another selection.
In the same vein, users who don’t find any use for File Grouping can easily disable it if they wish.
How to disable file grouping in Windows 10 Explorer?
Turning off file grouping in Windows will undo all grouping arrangements and revert files and folders to their default order. This can be useful in certain situations where linear sorting proves to be a sufficient method of arranging files.
To turn off file grouping in Windows 10:
- On your desktop, click the Windows Explorer icon to launch it or press Windows key + E.
- Navigate to any folder of your choice whose files you want to degroup.
- Click “View” at the top left to access the View tab.
- In the View tab in the Current View group, click the Group By dropdown arrow to reveal a list of selectable attributes.
- Select “None” from the list.
How to disable file grouping for all the folders in Windows 10
If you would like to make file grouping universally disabled across your system, you can do that too. Disabling file grouping in all your folders will undo all the “Group by” settings you have applied to any folder anywhere on your computer.
In order to successfully perform a systemwide file grouping disable, at least one folder structure should already be disabled. It then becomes a matter of applying the settings in that file folder across your entire system.
Here is how to disable file grouping for all files and folders in Windows 10:
- On your desktop, click the Windows Explorer icon to launch it or press Windows key + E.
- Navigate to any folder of your choice that already has file grouping disabled.
- Click “View” at the top left to access the View tab.
- In the View tab in the “Show/hide” group, click on the “Options” icon.
- In the Folder Options dialog, click “View” to access the View tab.
- Click the “Apply to Folders” button to make the in-folder setting systemwide.
- Click OK.
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How to enable local or universal file grouping
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If you wish to enable file grouping again, just follow these steps:
- On your desktop, click the Windows Explorer icon to launch it or press Windows key + E.
- Navigate to any folder of your choice whose files you want to group.
- Click “View” at the top left to access the View tab.
- In the View tab in the Current View group, click the Group by dropdown arrow to reveal a list of selectable attributes.
- Select your desired attribute from the list (date, type, size, etc.).
Once you’ve decided that you’d make your preferred file grouping attribute applicable across all files and folders, do the following to apply systemwide file grouping according to your preferences:
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- On your desktop, click the Windows Explorer icon to launch it or press Windows key + E.
- Navigate to any folder of your choice that already has file grouping enabled.
- Click “View” at the top left to access the View tab.
- In the View tab in the “Show/hide” group, click on the “Options” icon.
- In the Folder Options dialog, click “View” to access the View tab.
- Click the “Reset Folders” button to make the in-folder setting systemwide.
- Click OK.
Voila! You’ve got file grouping enabled according to your preferred view type. You can change your preferences at any time whether for individual folders or all of them in a single move.
By default, File Explorer opens to 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 anymore.
How To Turn Off Frequent Folders Windows 10
If you want to see only your pinned folders, you can turn off recent files or frequent folders. Go to the View tab, and then select Options. In the Privacy section, clear the check boxes and select Apply. Now Quick access will only show your pinned folders. (If you turn them back on, items you previously removed from Quick access might show up again.)
Windows 10 Turn Off Frequent Folders
You can also remove items from Quick access. If something shows up that you don’t want to see again, right-click it and select Remove from Quick access. It won’t show up there anymore, even if you use it every day.