{"id":18003,"date":"2022-04-04T07:09:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18003"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:09:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:09:16","slug":"remove-look-for-an-app-in-the-microsoft-store-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-look-for-an-app-in-the-microsoft-store-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; Context Menu in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click a file and select <strong>Open with<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Choose another app<\/strong>, the pop-up dialog allows you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/reset-or-change-default-apps-for-file-types-in-windows-11\/\">change the default app<\/a> or pick up the &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; option. If you think the &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; option is useless, you can hide or remove it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/look-for-an-app-in-store.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/look-for-an-app-in-store.png 392w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/look-for-an-app-in-store-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/look-for-an-app-in-store-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/look-for-an-app-in-store-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/look-for-an-app-in-store-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 methods to remove &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; context menu in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Remove &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; via Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-local-group-policy-editor-in-windows-10\/\">Open Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and browse to: <code>Computer Configuration -&gt; Administrative Templates -&gt; System&gt;Internet Communication Management -&gt; Internet Communication settings\u200b<\/code>. On the right pane, find the &#8220;<strong>Turn off access to the Store<\/strong>&#8221; policy and double-click it.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-access-to-the-store.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"325\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-access-to-the-store.png 565w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-access-to-the-store-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Enabled<\/strong> option. Click <strong>Apply<\/strong> and then <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/use-store-to-find-an-app.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"513\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/use-store-to-find-an-app.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/use-store-to-find-an-app-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Restart your system to see the changes. You&#8217;ll find the &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; option disappears in Windows 11.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Remove &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to: <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows<\/code>. Right-click the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key in the left pane and select <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Key<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-key.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-key.png 570w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-key-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Name the new key &#8220;<strong>Explorer<\/strong>&#8220;, and then select it. On the right pane, right-click the blank area and select <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-dword.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-dword.png 570w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-dword-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Name this new DWORD &#8220;<strong>NoUseStoreOpenWith<\/strong>&#8220;, and change its value data to 1.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/no-use-store-open-with.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"253\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/no-use-store-open-with.png 570w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/no-use-store-open-with-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor and reboot your computer. The next time you log in to your Windows account, you&#8217;ll no long see the &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click a file and select Open with -&gt; Choose another app, the pop-up dialog allows you to change the default app or pick up the &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; option. If you think the &#8220;Look for an app in the Microsoft Store&#8221; option is useless, you can hide or [&hellip;]<\/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":[4845,4846],"class_list":["post-18003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-look-for-an-app-in-the-microsoft-store","tag-turn-off-access-to-the-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003","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=18003"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18015,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003\/revisions\/18015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}