{"id":17417,"date":"2021-12-03T02:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17417"},"modified":"2021-12-03T02:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:58:29","slug":"enable-or-disable-compact-view-for-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-or-disable-compact-view-for-file-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Enable or Disable Compact View for Windows 11 File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting with Windows 11, Compact View is disabled by default for all users, no matter if your computer has a touch device or not. This adds extra padding between files in File Explorer for easier touch input.<\/p>\n

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If you’re not using a touch screen device, you can view more files without scrolling after turning on Compact View.<\/p>\n

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In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 simple methods to enable or disable Compact View in File Explorer on Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Enable or Disable Compact View via File Explorer<\/strong><\/p>\n

After opening up File Explorer, click on the View<\/strong> icon from the ribbon menu at the top. You can then click the Compact view<\/strong> option to enable Compact View, or click it again to disable Compact View.<\/p>\n

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Method 2: Enable or Disable Compact View via Folder Options<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press the Windows<\/strong> key + R<\/strong> to launch the Run dialog box. Next, type control folders<\/strong> in the text field and click OK<\/strong> to open the Folder Options window<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Go to the View<\/strong> tab. Under Advanced settings, check the box next to “Decrease space between items (compact view)<\/strong>” to turn on Compact View, or uncheck it to turn off Compact View.<\/p>\n

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Click OK<\/strong> to save your change.<\/p>\n

Method 3: Enable or Disable Compact View via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open Registry Editor<\/a> and browse to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced<\/code>. In the right pane, double-click on the 32-bit DWORD named UseCompactMode<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Change the Value data to 1 for enabling Compact View, or set it to 0 for disabling Compact View. Click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Close Registry Editor and you can immediately see the changes of the padding between folders\/files in File Explorer.<\/p>\n

That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting with Windows 11, Compact View is disabled by default for all users, no matter if your computer has a touch device or not. This adds extra padding between files in File Explorer for easier touch input. If you’re not using a touch screen device, you can view more files without scrolling after turning on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4750,4749,4752,4751],"class_list":["post-17417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-disable-compact-view-file-explorer","tag-enable-compact-view-file-explorer","tag-turn-off-compact-view-file-explorer","tag-windows-11-compact-view"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17417"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17437,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417\/revisions\/17437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}