Policy

Remove Recommended section from Start Menu

This policy allows you to prevent the Start Menu from displaying a list of recommended applications and files. If you enable this policy setting, the Start Menu will no longer show the section containing a list of recommended files and apps.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Policy IDb6feed63cd55
Internal nameHideRecommendedSection

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\HideRecommendedSection (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\HideRecommendedSection (disabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\HideRecommendedSection (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\HideRecommendedSection (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy allows you to prevent the Start Menu from displaying a list of recommended applications and files. If you enable this policy setting, the Start Menu will no longer show the section containing a list of recommended files and apps.

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