In Windows 10 Fall Creators update, when you open File Explorer and right click on a file, you can now notice two new options in the context menu: Share and Give access to, former allows to send file to (contacts through) Mail and OneNote, and latter gives access to specific people.
If you want File explorer context menu in Windows 10 to be less bloated, you can remove unnecessary items such as these. We’ve already covered how to remove scan with Windows Defender context menu option, let us see how we can get rid of Fall Creators Update added Share and Give Access to options as well.
Removing Share Context Menu option
1. Open Run dialog, type ‘regedit’ and press enter to get into Registry editor.
2. Navigate to below key in the registry and delete the ModernSharing subkey.
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
3. Exit registry editor and open File Explorer, now if you right click on a file, you’ll no longer see the Share option, it has been removed.
Removing Give access to Context Menu Option
1. Open Registry Editor
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
3. Create a New key Blocked and create a new string value {f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6} and don’t assign any value.
Checkout the other articles we’ve covered so far for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
The ‘Give access to’ removal procedure didn’t work for me. I have the fall creators update, sharing turned off everywhere I find references, and I’ve rebooted, but ‘Get access to’ is still present whenever I right-click on folders or drives. Is there something I missed?
Sorry we observed too it worked for files only. We updated the article with registry method which now removes give access to option from folders and drives as well. We request you to re-enable sharing wizard option in View of Folder Options and follow the instructions mentioned for registry method.
Fixed! Another one bites the dust!