
Hope the above Windows 10 tricks will help you to play around with Favorites, Frequent Folders, etc.
Alternatively, if you simply want to remove the "Favorites" option from navigation pane, you can untick the "Show Favorites" option from View Pane. Choose the "Properties" option and select "Hidden" option. Look for the Favorites folder on left hand side and right click on it. Open a new file explorer window in your system. After the modification is done, click "OK" to apply the changes. From the various checkbox options visible in the Start Menu tab, you need to to remove the tick from second option that states "Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar". Select the "Start Menu" tab from the pop-up window that gets opened. From the taskbar, use right-click of your mouse. Tips to clear files from Windows 10 Frequent Folders and Recent Files Hence, there could be a growing need to clear stuff from Frequent folders and Recent files as well as hide the pinnable Favorites option. For others, this feature may prove to be a deterrent sooner rather than later. It is useful only if someone wants to track what their children are accessing on their PC or laptop. This is exactly the danger with "Frequent Folders" option as it tracks the stuff that you access most frequently on your system. In such cases, you wouldn't want a third person to be able to view any such files accidentally. You may receive several confidential documents via email or you may prepare some important presentation and store it on your system. One uses the PC or laptop for different kinds of personal stuff.
Why will one want to hide Frequent Folders or Favorites folder in Windows 10?
However, with this Microsoft Windows 10 preview, we could clearly see the new "Home" view that clubs together Favorites, Frequent folders, Recent files, etc. In case of the recent Windows OS versions, the explorer window opened with direct navigation to folders like Favorites, This PC, Documents, etc. One of the most obvious change visible in the latest Windows 10 Operating System is the option of "Home" visible when the file explorer is opened.