Win 10 Start Menu > Recently added ... Inspect , Delete & Disable

omidsolo · 01 Oct 2018

Hi,
Top left of built-in Windows 10 Start Menu is a place for "Recently added"
1. Where in the registry these items are stored?
2. Deletion should be easy right?
3. Most important, how to clear the list and disable it from adding items again? Via .bat or .reg only?
Cheers.

Brink · 01 Oct 2018

Hey mate,

You could use Option Two below to turn off showing "Recently added" apps in your Start menu from Settings.

Add or Remove Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

You could use Option Two below instead to disable it using a .reg file.

Enable or Disable Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

xTL · 01 Oct 2018

Hi amidsolo, have you checked @ Settings > personalization > start ?
You should be able to remove unwanted things from there.

omidsolo · 01 Oct 2018

Brink said:

Hey mate,

Hi,
So finally fixed, now we can disable and also hide Recently Added Apps via Registry?
I remember long time ago it was not possible since it was stored in the following location where touching was NOT advised:
%LocalAppData%\TileDataLayer\Database\vedatamodel.edb
Am I right?

Brink · 01 Oct 2018

Correct.

Using the .reg file for the group policy would be best for that.

omidsolo · 01 Oct 2018

I mean this removing Recently Added Apps and Disable the whole feature itself was impossible in early Windows 10 Builds right?
That time this feature could not be done via Registry just via impossible very risky %LocalAppData%\TileDataLayer\Database\vedatamodel.edb right?

Brink · 01 Oct 2018

Sorry, yes the group policy is only available starting with build 17083.