How to remove item from alphabetical start menu

I have an item in the alphabetical start menu that no longer exists in applications. How do I remove it?

Windows 10 1903

Thank you...

rtcary said:

I have an item in the alphabetical start menu that no longer exists in applications. How do I remove it?

It's called the All Apps list. There are actually two, a personal one per user, and an all users list. These are combined to show as the list of apps in Start. Ghot has pointed you to the personal one (Option One in this tutorial). The All User list is in Option Three.

Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10

The Start Menu is composed from shortcuts in two folders (User-specific & Common). THey can be opened by typing the following two commands In the Explorer Address bar:

Code:

shell:Programs

Code:

shell:Common Programs

The quickest way to remove shortcuts (from startmenu or taskbar) to programs that don't exist anymore is to left-click on the shortcut. Windows will inform you that the program the shortcut points to doesn't exist and asks if the shortcut should be removed.

Thank you...problem solved.

\rtc