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Step 4. After that, check if the unwanted folder is still displayed in quick access. If yes, right-click it and click Unpin from Quick access, then check if it can be removed successfully.

I found an easier way to do it: we get the greyed "Expand" context menu only for FTP links. If, in the Quick Access folder, we multi-select (holding the Ctrl button) the FTP link(s) plus another normal one, then the normal context menu is displayed and we can unpin them all at once.

I can't comment because of reputation but I'd like to point out that Martin answer is also helpful if you move your Download folder to other location. I moved mine from C:\User\Name\Download to D:\Download but Quick Link stuck at the first one and couldn't be unpinned.

There is a way to Unpin the stuck FTP item without completely clearing the Quick access listing. Click Quick Access, and in the right pane select multiple items (the stuck FTP link and another working one), right-click and click Unpin from Quick access.

I installed a very large SSD main drive, then moved the DropBox files to that drive from a second drive. I then unpinned the incorrect "Dropbox" from the Quick access tree in the File Explorer on the top left. Then I repinned the new and correct Dropbox path to Quick access by dragging it into Quick access.

The problem is not with Dropbox. It is with Windows 10. If we try to unpin a path that does not exist from Windows 10 Quick access, then Windows may fail with the unpin - even though it does not appear to fail. You will know that it fails after a Windows restart. The incorrect path continues to come back.

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Thanks for the update @MichaelCone - I've reached out via email to the address you use for your forum's profile (thus creating a support ticket for you with ID: 8693755) with some questions in order to have a better view into this matter with all of our tools available.

So I uninstalled Onedrive, and in registry changed the Documents, Desktop, Pictures, etc stuff over to local, but when I go to unpin one drive's versions of stuff in quick access and I am able to remove everything EXCEPT pictures. I click unpin from the right-click menu and nothing happens. Is there any file I can edit to manually remove it?

Does anyone know a way to stop iCloud Photos automatically adding and re-adding itself to the Windows File Explorer "Quick Access" area? Having a program just assume it needs to be there is kind of arrogant. It's like having a website assume it needs to be in your favourites - except I use Quick Access every day, and it has a finite amount of space, so this is worse.

I suspect there isn't a way, so I'm partly posting this to hopefully get the ball rolling and so that any others who search for it (as I did), might land here. Unfortunately most Google searches including "remove" and "quick access" give numerous lists to inane websites providing instruction on "how to tame the Windows 10 quick access bar". Maybe this wood will be visible amongst the trees.

5. Press "F3" to find the next ocurrence of the string, and repeat step 3. Sometimes the editor will complain and say it cannot rename it, in which case ignore it as it will later change automatically. Repeat this until you reach the end of the registry.

7. Open "iCloud". I had custom photos directories for "Downloads", "Uploads" and "Shared", but the registry change for some reason resetted these values to the default. If this is your case simply click "Options" next to "Photos" and make sure to change the directories to your custom preferences. These will be saved from then on.

In a previous post, we worked out a way to troubleshoot Windows 10 Quick Access folders missing problem. And in today's post, we'll continue another "Quick Access" topic - Quick Access is not working, broken, not responding or becomes extremely slow to load/open.

Each of the mentioned Quick Access malfunctioning issues would prevent you from accessing files and folders. And many people said that they did a system restore for the first attempt, they lost quite a few computer files and lately installed programs. To deal with Quick Access problems without worrying about losing your files, recover data first. Download EaseUS EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your Windows 10 PC. Launch it automatically after a successful installation.

You need to clean up Quick Access when it takes a long time to load or open. Besides clear the File Explorer history while disabling Quick Access, do one more step to unpin some large folders like Desktop, Downloads, Windows, etc.

Quick Access in File Explorer provides an easy access to frequently used folders on a Windows 11 PC. Folders you use often are dynamically added, but you can also pin other folders to your Quick Access area.

By default, File Explorer opens to Quick Access, but you can change this behavior and show This PC instead of Quick Access. This PC is a way of viewing files and folders in File Explorer view from older versions of Windows that displayed connected devices and drives and your user account folders, like Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos.

Thank you, worked perfectly in Windows 11 (idk what that other guy is talking about?) Haha, I accidentally somehow added every single file and folder on my computer to quick access and I was about to go insane. Thank you so much.

Pin new folder to Quick access Windows by default displays your four frequently accessed folders under "Frequent folders". You can pin more folders to "Frequent folders" by right clicking on folder you want to pin in File explorer, and selecting "Pin to Quick access" from context menu. This will add and pin your selected folder to Quick access. Unpin folder from Quick access You can unpin any pinned folder from Quick access by right clicking pinned folder in File Explorer under "Frequent folders" and selecting "Unpin from Quick access" in context menu. You can also unpin default windows pinned folders (like Downloads, Documents, etc.) using this option.

Something in Ccleaner is deleting File explorer Quick Access files when I run a cleaning function. I'm stumped as to what it is. Can someone review my Ccleaner settings and see what it might be. I'm using W11

'Quick Access' is a folder of shortcuts, you can pin other folders in there so that you can get to them quickly in File explorer.
It's also known as 'Frequent Folders'.
You can't pin files there, only folders.

I suspect that you are actually meaning the list of recently used documents and files.
Those lists can be cleared by Custom Clean. The files are not deleted, the files are still there, just not in that list anymore.
The settings to control that are 'Recent Documents' and 'Other Explorer MRUs' (MRU = Most Recently Used).

EDIT- Just for completeness there are usually similar lists of recently accessed files if you right-click the icons of applications on the taskbar.
The setting for those is also in the above screenshot 'Taskbar Jump Lists'.

Thank you for your comments. I was referring to the saved files in the quick access folder. The "recent documents" feature was already disabled. Ccleaner is still deleting the saved files in the quick access folder. Any suggestions or should I file a bug report? Thanks

Reading your original post again I see that you have Windows 11.
Apparently the Recent Files going missing from Quick Access is a known issue with Win 11.
There can be a few possible causes, See here for more about that and some suggested fixes to try:
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PS. Although unlikely it may just be that there is something changed/odd in Win 11 and you are the first to notice/report it.
If that is the case then it would be good to track down exactly what is happening differently to Win 10..

Thank you for you comments. I disabled the taskbar jump list setting and that seemed to fix the problem. I've attached a screen shot before I disabled the jump list feature. FYI I never had this problem in W10. Should I file a bug report with either Ccleaner and/or MS/Windows? Thanks for your help.

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