The Favorites section in Windows 11 was first introduced in build 22593 by Microsoft. This is not a new section; basically, Microsoft has renamed Quick Access to Home in the File Explorer startup location. And the Pinned files section now becomes Favorites. If you don’t want to add any files in the Favorites section, then Add to favorites Windows 11 context menu is useless for you, and you can remove it from your PC.
So, if you are running Windows 11 version 22H2, the File Explorer will look like this:-
And when you right-click on a file, you will see “Add to Favorites” in the context menu:-
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How to Add or Remove Favorites from Home in Windows 11 File Explorer?
To add or remove Favorites from Home in Windows 11 File Explorer, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open File Explorer.
To do that, you can use
Step 2. When File Explorer opens, navigate to the folder where you have stored your files.
Step 3. Then, select one or multiple files you want to add to Favorites.
Step 4. Right-click the selected file/files and choose
Once you complete the above steps, selected file/files will now be pinned to the Favorites section in the Home folder.
If you want to remove the pinned items from the Favorites section in the Home folder, select file/files under the Favorites section and right-click on them. Then, choose
Once you complete the above steps, selected file/files will now be removed from the Favorites section in the Home folder.
How to Remove “Add to Favorites” from Windows 11 Context Menu?
To remove “Add to Favorites” from Windows 11 Context Menu, use these steps:-
Step 1. First, open Registry Editor.
Step 2. When Registry Editor appears on your computer, navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\pintohomefile
Step 3. Now, right-click the
Step 4. Name the newly created REG_SZ as
Step 5. Close the Registry Editor.
That’s it.
Next time you right-click on a file, you will notice that the
However, you will still be able to remove Favorites items from the Home folder in File Explorer.
If you want to show “Add to Favorites” in right-click menu, browse to the following key in the Registry Editor and delete the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\pintohomefile
This way, you can restore the missing “Add to Favorites” in the right-click menu of Windows 11 File Explorer.