Clutter of folders appear in the navigation pane in Windows 10 or 8.1.

Most of them are short-cuts and are not necessary.

Currently using Windows 8 still, Good!

You are on the better side.

Less confusion of items in the File Explorer.

But once you made the choice to update to Windows 8.1 or 10 , there is no other go.

you better apply some tweaks to hide the default folders from This PC in Windows 10.

Worrying what is This PC?

Its just that My Computer replaced with this new term.

Anytime you want to locate files, you want the drives to appear.

Not all those silly items which make your eyes dizzy blind!

First look at the appearance on how the default folders look in the navigation pane in Windows 8.1.

Why it’s crucial that you Remove Folders from This PC ?

You may be intrigued why all this headache?

First of all let the default tweaks be in place.

But its just makes navigation more confusing and difficult.

You want something simple like the Google homepage.

Also if you observe Windows 8 File Explorer navigation pane, its more simple.

It just lists the Drives both removable and non-removable.

The first method uses a software and other method uses manual registry tweaks.

A better way is to use a tweaking software from thewindowsclub.

you could download it fromhere.

The recent version is Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.

All are checked by default.

When you uncheck them, they will be removed from This PC in File Explorer > Navigation pane.

To remove it, you’re able to use the following keys.

Under this find,

Right-click it and select Delete.

In Windows 10 64 bit, you might also choose the following path.

Then locate the following key.

and use the Delete process.

How to Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 8.1

Now the crux of the problem.

You just need to download a registry file and run it.

Download

But before we go ahead, first lets congratulate eightforums.com for providing these .reg files.

I downloaded them from their website and zipped them for easy downloading.

The look of This PC is somewhat like this after you make the registry changes.

There are actually 6 default folders in This PC.

So to remove each folder, you’re able to apply each .reg file.

How to Restore Default Folders in This PC in Windows 8.1?

Sometimes, you feel that these folders are necessary if you are saving files to these locations.

In such cases, you’ve got the option to just run another .reg file that says Restore_Folders_in_This_PC.