The start menu on Windows 10 is full of taps and icons that can make it uncomfortable to the eye, one of these taps is the app list.
This list appears normally when you open the Start menu in Windows 10, you can see an alphabetical list of apps installed on your system.
If you want to have a smaller Start Menu, it’s possible to hide the app list on the left. Let’s see.
How to Hide App List from Start Menu on Windows 10?
This’s how the app list looks like in Windows 10’s start menu:
To disable and hide this list, you just need to make a small change in Windows Settings. It’s very easy.
- Open “Settings” by clicking the “Start” menu and selecting the “Gear” icon or by pressing Windows+I.
- On the main Settings menu, click “Personalization.”
- In Personalization, click “Start” in the sidebar.
- In Start menu settings, locate the switch labeled “Show App List In Start Menu.” Click the switch to turn it “Off.”
- Now, when you open the Start menu, you won’t see the app list. But it’s not totally gone.
- If you want to see the app list again, click the “All Apps” button in the sidebar.
The app list will pop up, and you can see the alphabetical list of your installed apps. But every time you open the start menu it won’t appear directly till you click the “All Apps” button in the sidebar.
To switch back to the previous view at any time, click the “Pinned Tiles” button located just above the “All Apps” button in the Start menu.
How to get the App list back in Windows 10’s start menu?
- Open “Settings”.
- On the main Settings menu, click “Personalization.”
- In Personalization, click “Start” in the sidebar.
- In Start menu settings, locate the switch labeled “Show App List In Start Menu.”
- Click the switch to turn it “On.”
that’s all.
