How to remove recently added apps from the Windows 10 Start menu

This section shows some of the applications you have installed most recently. If you don't want to see those apps, you can easily change them. Here's how to do it.

Here's the 'Recently Added' section view at the top of the Start menu apps list. It's a small area that shows the names and icons of recently installed apps.

The 'Recently Added' section view at the top of the Start menu app list

Delete recently added apps from the Start menu

If you want to hide the 'Recently Added' section , you'll need to head to Windows Settings. Open Settings by clicking on the Start menu and selecting the gear icon (or pressing the Win + I keyboard shortcut ).

Access Windows Settings

In Settings , click Personalization.

Click Personalization

Under Personalization , click the Start option in the sidebar.

Click the Start option in the sidebar

In the Start menu settings, look for the convert button labeled 'Show Recently Added Apps' . Click the switch to switch it to Off.

How to remove recently added apps from the Windows 10 Start menu Picture 5

Switch the button labeled 'Show Recently Added Apps' to the Off state

The next time you open the Start menu, the recently added apps at the top will disappear. You will no longer be prompted for all the apps you recently installed, but of course, you can find them either in the All Apps list or using the search box in the Start menu.

Hope you are succesful.

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Kareem Winters

Update 15 October 2020

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