You can disable Gallery.
Open Command Prompt as Administrator and copy-paste the following command:
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}
Reboot.
How do I remove Gallery from Windows 11 File explorer.
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Raphael Fruge
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I don't like or use Gallery in windows explorer and would like to remove it. I'm not very familiar with the registry and am a little intimidated by it. Could someone help me? Thank you
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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S.Sengupta 25,326 Reputation points MVP2025-01-11T02:01:45.8+00:00 -
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Francis 0 Reputation points2025-03-10T12:02:48.7933333+00:00 I attempted this but when I copied and pasted the command I got the message that it did not exist on my laptop
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Xin 0 Reputation points2025-08-11T06:14:51.3233333+00:00 The path has changed in some windows 11 build.
I had to do navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c} in regedit
then right click delete.
command wise, you should be able to run
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}