{"id":20244,"date":"2023-11-13T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=20244"},"modified":"2023-11-13T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T08:44:08","slug":"remove-the-home-page-from-settings-app-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-the-home-page-from-settings-app-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Methods to Remove the Home Page from the Settings App in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After upgrading to Windows 11 23H2, you may find that Microsoft adds a new Home page to the Settings app, which shows a list of recommended settings including a shortcut to turn on\/off Bluetooth. If you don&#8217;t like the new Home page, you can hide or remove it with ease. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple methods to remove the Home page from the Settings app in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/windows-11-settings-new-home-page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/windows-11-settings-new-home-page.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/windows-11-settings-new-home-page-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Remove the Home Page from the Settings App Using 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 the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and browse to: <code>Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Control Panel<\/code>, then double-click the policy called &#8220;<strong>Settings Page Visibility<\/strong>&#8221; in the right pane.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/settings-page-visibility.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/settings-page-visibility.png 535w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/settings-page-visibility-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Enabled<\/strong>. Under the Options section, type <strong>hide:home<\/strong> in the text box next to &#8220;Settings Page Visibility&#8221;. 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\/2023\/11\/hide-settings-home-page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hide-settings-home-page.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hide-settings-home-page-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close the Local Group Policy Editor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11\/\">Relaunch the Settings app<\/a> and the new Home page will be missing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Remove the Home Page from the Settings App Using 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\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer<\/code>. In the right pane, right-click the empty space and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>String Value<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/new-string-value.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/new-string-value.png 550w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/new-string-value-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Name the string <strong>SettingsPageVisibility<\/strong>, and then double-click it to modify. Type <strong>hide:home<\/strong> in the Value data field and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-home-page-in-settings-app.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-home-page-in-settings-app.png 550w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-home-page-in-settings-app-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. When you open the Settings app again, it will open the System page by default, and the new Home page disappears.<\/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>After upgrading to Windows 11 23H2, you may find that Microsoft adds a new Home page to the Settings app, which shows a list of recommended settings including a shortcut to turn on\/off Bluetooth. If you don&#8217;t like the new Home page, you can hide or remove it with ease. 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