How to remove old phone shortcut from explorer sidebar

Question

I've recently removed a mobile phone from my "Phone link" app.

The associated shortcut in my explorer sidebar hasn't been properly removed.

I've since added my phone back, synced its files again (got a duplicate shortcut with the same name) and removed it. The newer shortcut was successfully removed, but the old one is still here.

I've asked microsoft copilot which suggested running a "Remove-Item path_to_folder -Force", to no avail.

This is pretty frustrating because I want this folder gone and I can't seem to find any solution.

Is there any way to forcefully remove it from my windows explorer? I'm familiar with regedit so I'd be able to follow any step involving it.

I've also rebooted my computer multiple times while going through the process of trial and error, and I've also attempted to reset the Phone Link app on my computer.

Edit 1:
I've found that the following regedit key sets its name, but deleting it doesn't remove it from the file explorer.
Ordinateur\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID{015D510C-D9FA-4FC4-8A31-634F9FA98A5B}

Edit 2:

I had to restart the file explorer process from the Task Manager.

Answer 1

I've finally solved it right after asking for support here, but in case this helps anyone:

Open regedit
Go to

Ordinateur\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID

Click on the first folder to see its content, and hit the "down" key on your keyboard to inspect them one by one until you find the shortcut you want to remove.

Right click on it and export it to create a backup.

Right click on it and delete it.

Hit CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE to bring up the Task Manager, right click on File Explorer and Restart the task. You could also just reboot your computer.