If your Quick Access is broken, buggy, or showing icons that no longer exist, you can reset it to factory defaults. This clears everything —both pinned items and recent history.
Result: The entire Quick Access list will be wiped clean, and you can start building your perfect sidebar from scratch. remove quick access
Method 4: Completely Hide Quick Access from Navigation Pane (Advanced) If your Quick Access is broken, buggy, or
By following these steps, you can fully customize your file management experience to be more productive and less cluttered. Method 4: Completely Hide Quick Access from Navigation
Result: Quick Access will now stop adding new folders automatically. It will only show folders you manually pin yourself.
If you don't want to disable the entire feature but want to remove the clutter, you can turn off the automatic history tracking. Open (Windows Key + E).