Windows 10 November Update: Turn off Suggested Apps on Start Menu

Suggested apps will now appear on your Start Menu after the November Update to Windows 10.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

November 18, 2015

1 Min Read
Windows 10 November Update: Turn off Suggested Apps on Start Menu

Windows 10 brought back the very familiar styling of the Windows 7 Start Menu and melded it with elements of the Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen.

Prior to the November Update for Windows 10 you could customize it and choose to either hide or show your most used and recently added apps on the new Start Menu.

These settings are located at Settings > Personalization > Start.

The November Update to Windows 10 now brings another option for customizing your Start Menu and that is to show app suggestions.

A feature like this is intended to help with app discovery but if you want to keep a cleaner, more streamlined Start Menu then you can turn this feature off.

To turn this on and off just open up to the Settings > Personalization > Start page and click the Occasionally show suggestions in Start.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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