Add or Remove Most Used Apps from Start Menu in Windows 10

Vipermk2 · 26 Dec 2015

Yes I took the photo just after a reboot but what I might do is switch them off, reboot switch them back on again

Brink · 26 Dec 2015

How did that work for you?

Vipermk2 · 26 Dec 2015

Absolutely no difference, still no 'most used' list.

Brink · 26 Dec 2015

Vipermk2,

If this has just recently happened, you could do a system restore using a restore point dated before this happened to undo and fix it.

System Restore Windows 10

Vipermk2 · 26 Dec 2015

I have managed to restore it now, I used
'Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10'

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I used the system file checker and it repaired some corrupt files.

Thank for your help Brinks

Brink · 26 Dec 2015

Ah, you must of used some other method to originally turn it off that used a different setting.

Glad you got it sorted. :)

smitty · 18 Apr 2016

Hi Brink, did you manage to find how to clear the most used apps list ?

Brink · 18 Apr 2016

smitty said:

Hi Brink, did you manage to find how to clear the most used apps list ?

Hello Smitty,

I'm afraid not yet.

Brink · 22 Apr 2016

UPDATE:

Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328, the most used apps list and the All apps list have been merged into a single view and elevated it to the top level of the UI to reduce clicking and scrolling.

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wrlee · 19 Jan 2017

Michael said:

Is there any way to quickly clear the list, as there was in Windows 7 (by unchecking "Store and display recently opened...", clicking apply, then checking it again), or do I have to manually go through and remove each item (i.e. all of the defaults)?

Yes, on Win10, if you click to disable and re-enable, it clears the list. I did this, inadvertently and the list is gone. I don't know how long it will take for it to rebuild.