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Yarisyoyo
Bronze Contributor
Jan 29, 2026

How to Remove These Annoying Category Folders in the Windows 11 Start Menu?

Need help! Many category folders (such as "Productivity tools," "Creativity," "Games," etc.) have automatically appeared in my Start Menu, grouping the application icons that were previously displaye...
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KapilArya
MVP
Jan 29, 2026

In the Start Menu, you've View: set to Category. You can change this View to Grid or List and that will resolve this issue.

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    TARLoki
    Occasional Reader
    Jul 15, 2026

    Das bringt aber nix. Spätestens nach einem Neustart ist alles beim alten. Mal abgesehen davon, dass die Listenansicht ebenfalls fürn Arsch ist. Wenn ich dort einen Ordner aufklappe, und sich darin Verknüpfungen befinden, die ähnlichen Namen und Bilder haben, sehe ich immer noch nicht, welches Programm ich klicken muss. 
    Das ist mehr als ätzend.
    Hinzu kommt, dass diese Ansicht sich nirgends anpassen lässt.

     

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    But that doesn't help at all. After a restart at the latest, everything is back to the way it was. Not to mention that the list view is also crap. If I open a folder there and it contains shortcuts with similar names and icons, I still can't tell which program I need to click on. It's more than annoying. On top of that, this view can't be customized anywhere.

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    Medinoc
    Tin Contributor
    Jun 16, 2026

    It doesn't stick. A couple minutes later it's back to Category.