{"id":20198,"date":"2023-10-16T03:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T03:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=20198"},"modified":"2023-10-16T03:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T03:42:17","slug":"remove-share-options-from-context-menu-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-share-options-from-context-menu-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Duplicate &#8220;Share&#8221; Options from Context Menu in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I get rid of the annoying &#8220;Share&#8221; in the Windows 11 Explorer context menu? When you want to send a file to your friends via email or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-nearby-sharing-in-windows-10\/\">nearby sharing<\/a>, just right-click it in File Explorer and you can either click the <strong>Share<\/strong> icon at the top of the context menu or select the &#8220;<strong>Share<\/strong>&#8221; item.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/windows-11-share-context-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/windows-11-share-context-menu.png 561w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/windows-11-share-context-menu-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you choose &#8220;<strong>Show more options<\/strong>&#8221; from the context menu, the &#8220;<strong>Share<\/strong>&#8221; item will appear once again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/windows-11-share-classic-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/windows-11-share-classic-menu.png 552w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/windows-11-share-classic-menu-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you a simple method to remove duplicate &#8220;Share&#8221; options from the right-click context menu in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Remove Duplicate &#8220;Share&#8221; Options from Context Menu in Windows 11<\/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_CLASSES_ROOT\\AllFilesystemObjects\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers\\ModernSharing<\/code>, then double-click the <strong>(Default)<\/strong> value in the right pane.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ModernSharing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ModernSharing.png 579w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ModernSharing-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Append any characters to the beginning of the existing value data, and click <strong>OK<\/strong>. Whenever you need to restore the &#8220;Share&#8221; options, just remove the characters you&#8217;ve appended.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/remove-share-context-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/remove-share-context-menu.png 380w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/remove-share-context-menu-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. The next time you right-click any file in File Explorer, the &#8220;<strong>Share<\/strong>&#8221; option will appear just one time in the context menu.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/after-removing-duplicate-share-options.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/after-removing-duplicate-share-options.png 556w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/after-removing-duplicate-share-options-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/>\n<\/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>How can I get rid of the annoying &#8220;Share&#8221; in the Windows 11 Explorer context menu? 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