To hide removable drives from file explorer in left tree view

To hide removable drives from the Navigation Pane in Windows 10, follow the instructions below.

  1. Open Registry Editor.
  2. Go to the following Registry key: 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}

    Tip: See How to jump to the desired Registry key with one click.

  3. Rename the subkey {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} by adding a hyphen ‘-‘ before it so its new name is -{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}. See the following screenshot:windows 10 hide remobable drives navigation pane
  4. If you are running 64-bit Windows 10, repeat the step above here: 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\DelegateFolders
  5. Close all Explorer windows for the change to take effect.

That’s it.
Before:

before
After:

after
To restore removable drives in the navigation pane, rename the mentioned subkey from -{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83} back to {F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}.

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