Thus you can see how simple is to disable quick access as default view in explorer and get rid of the Quick Access icon from the Windows 10 file explorer sidebar completely. From now on, there will be no Quick access icon in the navigation pane of your Windows 10 file explorer.Īnd in the future, if you want to enable Quick access icon in the file explorer sidebar on Windows 10 then simply follow the exact same steps and change the value of HubMode from 1 to 0 or just delete HubMode DWORD key from the Registry Editor.
That’s it! Now, just close all file explorer windows opened on your computer and then re-open file explorer. Step (4): Set the new value name as HubMode and then double click on it and change its Value data to 1. Step (3): Now in right-side pane, right-click anywhere on the empty space and then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value option. Step (2): Once the Registry Editor window is opened, go to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
