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Hello.
I have an item in Windows 11 that I'd like to delete, but not hide, from File Explorer. It appears in the File Explorer navigation pane.
Documents
Downloads
Music
Videos
Pictures
Personal folder
Library
I'd like to know how to delete it.
It's a folder I never use, so it's annoying.
Windows 11 Home 25H2
Thank you, DaveM121.
Was it a folder that couldn't be deleted?
I'll hide it from the Explorer navigation window.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
You cannot delete those folders, you would corrupt your user account, those folders are the different user shell folders inside your user account where you are meant to store your documents, videos, image files... etc.
The only safe option is to hide those folders by right clicking an empty location in the left navigation pane and toggling off some of the options in the resulting menu.
