In this\u00a0guide, you will learn the steps to completely hide the \u201cRecommended\u201d section from the Start menu on Windows 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disable the Recommended section from Start on Windows 11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To prevent Start from showing recommendations of files and apps on Windows 11, use these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Open Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click on Personalization<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click the Start<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Turn off the \u201cShow recently added apps\u201d<\/strong> toggle switch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Turn off the \u201cShow recently opened items in Start, Jump Lists, and File Explorer\u201d<\/strong> toggle switch.
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<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Turn off the \u201cShow recommendations for tips, app promotions, and more\u201d<\/strong> toggle switch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- (Optional) Select the More pins<\/strong> option to change the Start menu layout to show an extra row of pins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Once you complete the steps, the Start menu will no longer show recommendations and will show an extra row of pins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to remove a specific item from Start, you only need to right-click the item and select the\u00a0\u201cRemove from list\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On\u00a0Windows 11, it\u2019s not possible to completely remove the \u201cRecommended\u201d section from the Start menu, but you can disable the feature to prevent items from appearing in that section, and in this guide, I will show you the steps to complete this configuration. The \u201cRecommended\u201d section is part of the Start menu (below is the Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14],"tags":[1789],"class_list":["post-5106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-windows-7-8-10","tag-disable-recommended-section-windows-11"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5107,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5106\/revisions\/5107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Click on Personalization<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n