How to Permanently Remove Ribbon in Windows Explorer - TechnicalRehman7

Have you ever considered looking at and working with File Explorer in Windows 10, just like Windows Explorer in Windows 7? If you can hide or completely remove its ribbon and get rid of all those big buttons shown on it, you can feel much more at home in Windows 10 than you do now ۔ If you want to know how to hide or disable ribbon from File Explorer in Windows 10, read on:

How to disable the ribbon from File Explorer in Windows 10

To remove the ribbon from File Explorer, you need to download and run a small file called Ribbon Disabler. It’s a clean freeware tool and easy to use.Get started by downloading the software you can Download it form this link.

As you can see in the screenshot above, what you get is a small archive called RibbonDisabler.zip. Extract its contents, and you should get something like this:

   

There will  also get an executable file called RibbonDisabler.exe. Double-click on the RibbonDisabler executable file, and a small dialog window should open. Inside it, there are two options: “Disable Ribbon Explorer (Make your Explorer similar to Windows 7 Explorer)” and “Enable Ribbon Explorer (Give your Explorer the default look).” To remove the ribbon from File Explorer, click or tap on the “Disable Ribbon Explorer” button.

Then, the app asks you to log off to apply the change. Click or tap Yes to do it right now, or choose No if you want to do it later. However, until you do log off, the ribbon from File Explorer is not going to disappear.

After you sign in again, open File Explorer and see if you like it better now, without any ribbon menu on it:

If, after a while, you change your mind and you want the ribbon back on your File Explorer, run the Ribbon disabler executable once again. This time, however, click  on the “Enable Ribbon Explorer” button.

Why do you want to hide or remove the ribbon in File Explorer?

Although the ribbon menu from Windows 10 to File Explorer was designed and developed by Microsoft engineers to offer users a better experience and increased productivity, not everyone likes it. Fortunately, if you want to hide it, all you have to do is click a button. If you want to get rid of it completely, you can do so, even if you have to use third-party software.