How to Hide Anything in Windows

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How to Hide Anything in Windows

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Table of contents

A Few Points to Remember

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On the Desktop

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Charms Bar and Switcher

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The Recycle Bin

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Icons and Gadgets

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On the Taskbar

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The Taskbar

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System Tray Icons and Notifications

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The Search Box

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The Task View Icon

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The Start Button

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In the Start Menu

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System Defaults

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Start Screen Tiles

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Recently Opened and Most Used Programs/Files

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Installed Apps in All Programs/All Apps

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In File Explorer

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Files and Folders

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Recent Places, Recent Files

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File Extensions

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Assorted Items

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Hide Away!

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Microsoft gives you superpowers to make anything on Windows disappear. Make use of them! Recently, we showed you how to hide the Windows login screen and the annoying "Get Office" notification. These are not the only Windows elements that you can send into hiding. With a few tweaks here and there, you can conceal toolbars, icons, buttons, files -- pretty much anything that you'd like to keep out of your way. We'll show you how to do that in this guide.

A Few Points to Remember

Before we begin, let's see how to access some important locations and settings that we'll refer to more than once.

1. The context menu or right-click menu: Right-click any element in Windows to open up its context menu. The contents vary based on the element you have clicked.

2. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog: Let's call this one taskbar properties for the sake of clarity. To bring it up, right-click on an empty space on the taskbar and select Properties from the context menu.

" 3. The Personalization dialog: Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and click on

Personalize in the context menu to bring up this dialog. You can also open it via Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalize.

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4. The Folder Options dialog: We'll call this dialog folder options. On Windows 7, you can bring it up via Organize > Folder and search options in File Explorer.

" On Windows 8, 8.1, and 10, click on the View tab of File Explorer and then on Options at the far right.

" Now let's move on to the actual work of banishing what you don't like from your Windows experience. Here's how you hide elements from various sections of your PC.

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