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How To Remove or Hide App From Windows Start Menu?

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We can easily delete or remove apps (icon/shortcut) from the desktop screen but we can't delete the apps which are listed on the start menu through the same way. So are you looking for a way out? Do you want to organize the Start Menu on your Windows 11 computer and wish to remove or delete or hide certain apps that clutter it up? Would you like to do all that without having to install a Start Menu replacement from a third party?

If we’ve got your interest, watch the below video or read this guide and find out how to hide apps from the Windows 11 Start Menu:

So in this tutorial I am gonna tell you how you can hide or remove the app from Windows 11 start menu and the All Apps section.

Keep in mind that Windows 11 allows you to remove apps from your Start Menu without uninstalling, only if those apps are traditional desktop apps (programs). You may not be able to hide Windows 11 (UWP) apps that are distributed via the Microsoft Store.

So lets go to the first step of how to remove apps from Windows 11 start menu.

Step 1: To hide an app from Start Menu’s list of apps without uninstalling it, first find out the app which you want to remove or delete from the start menu. In the below example, we have targeted AnyDesk.

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Step 2: Then right-click or press and hold on it. In the menu that shows up, go to More, and choose “Open File Location.”

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Step 3: That makes Windows 11 open File Explorer and takes you to that app’s shortcut, which is located in the Start Menu’s Programs folder. You can see in the picture.

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Step 4: Now, to remove that app from your Start Menu, simply delete its shortcut from the Start Menu folder.

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Step 5: That’s it! Now the app’s shortcut is no longer shown in the Start Menu. Check it yourself.

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As you can see in the above screenshot, the app we used as an example - AnyDesk - is now hidden from Windows 11’s Start Menu.

Now what if you want to bring it back? Read in the next blog as we have shown that also in a similar way.

Read in the next blog- How To Bring Back Removed or Hidden Apps on Windows Start Menu?

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