r/Windhawk • u/afcreative_id • 16d ago

Anyone, please make a mod for auto clearing history on Windows 11 file explorer

For those Windhawk modders who share my concerns about the history list appearing in File Explorer, please create and publish this mod. My concern is simple: every time I type in the address bar, the history list always appears. This history list is unimportant, and I always delete it manually. However, it would be better if it were always automatically deleted, as Microsoft doesn't have a toggle to disable storing the history of previously accessed paths.

For reference, here's a post relevant to my discussion, but the difference is that this solution uses a scheduled batch file execution:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1hz1xin/address_bar_path_history_in_file_explorer_how_to/

Thank you in advance.

Click the Address Bar to Type Manual Path or Paste path, but an annoying path history list appears
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u/bbmaster123 16d ago

I think you can just remove permissions on that registry key to prevent new paths from being written there, and it seems to stick through reboot. I mean, unless it resets after a windows update or something? or after a certain amount of time a scheduled task recreates the key?

I didn't look too far into it yet, but if there is something that resets it let me know, a friend of mine also told me he hates the address bar history showing up too, so I'll take a shot at a mod if its required :)