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Yarisyoyo
Jan 29, 2026Bronze Contributor
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...
Dfectv
Feb 02, 2026Copper Contributor
Before this update, I had a bunch of custom categories in my start menu, with the most important one being School, where I put all of the programs I use for school in one place, right there in the start menu. After the update, it made its own categories and my School one is no longer there. The programs that were in there aren't even pinned to the start menu anymore either. Super annoying.
*edit*
Oh wait, I found it. I had to click 'Show All' above my pinned apps and there it was. Still annoying.