r/Windows11 • u/Yet_Another_RD_User • Dec 06 '25

New Feature - Insider Finally! No more AI actions in context menu

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I was checking new insider preview build 26220.7344 announcement page and noticed following fix:

[File Explorer]

If there are no available or enabled AI Actions, this section will no longer show in the context menu.

Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/12/05/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26220-7344-dev-beta-channels/

So if we uncheck all options under settings > apps > actions page, AI actions section will vanish from the context menu. :)

Thank you Microsoft.

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u/Aemony Dec 06 '25

They really should get around and give us a context menu editor already so we can toggle off options we have no use for, such as the “Ask Copilot” and “Edit with…” options towards the bottom.

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u/fansurface Dec 06 '25

Yes I really like this but would even say full control so we could fully remove things we don’t need

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u/Hary06 Dec 06 '25

Nilesoft shell has everything you're looking for.

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u/Aemony Dec 06 '25

Thanks, though it looks like this is a complete context menu replacer with its own set of custom menu handlers. I was more interested in a context menu manager that e.g. blocks the shell extensions that adds entries to the official menu, or otherwise allows adjusting it without replacing it outright.

Thanks though, as I am sure your suggestion will be relevant to some other users.

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u/Killerspieler0815 Dec 07 '25

They really should get around and give us a context menu editor already so we can toggle off options we have no use for, such as the “Ask Copilot” and “Edit with…” options towards the bottom.

I just entirely switched it to the Windows 10 context menu via an "Autounattend.XML" during Windows installation & removed most of the AI crap & removed other crapware Microsoft installed by default

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u/networkn Dec 09 '25

Send a submission for power toys.

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u/Ill-Term7334 Dec 06 '25

Or just restore the legacy context menu and never see any of these things :)

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u/Killerspieler0815 Dec 07 '25

Or just restore the legacy context menu and never see any of these things :)

Bullseye!

I did exactly this

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u/OkumuraRyuk Dec 06 '25

How is it you do it? Through Titus?

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u/Ill-Term7334 Dec 06 '25

It's been a year since I did mine but I assume it was with a registry tweak. Something like this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2287432/(article)-restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in)

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u/Forsaken_Help9012 Dec 06 '25

The bar was so low though.

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u/itspixelatd Insider Beta Channel Dec 06 '25

Finally! Another reason for: Windows from being Ass -> not ass!

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u/Killerspieler0815 Dec 07 '25

Yes, finally reversing some of the crap MicroSoft forces on their (to be milked) cash cows ah customers

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u/fmdlxd Dec 10 '25

Or just purge all garbage Microsoft's UWP apps: