Remove the "Give Access to" Context Menu in Windows 10

With the latest Windows 10, we're sure you've noticed some changes. We recently showed you how to remove the Remove the Share Context Menu in Windows 10 and today we're going to show you how to remove the "Give Access to" context menu in Windows 10.

If you right-click on a file or folder, the Share looks like this:



We do suggest that you back up the registry before you proceed. Here's how How to Back up or Restore the Windows Registry.

Removing it is not as simple as most things, for now. You'll need to create a registry key. Press WIN+R (WIN being the Windows key) and enter regedit and browse to the Shell Extensions folder:



We need to create or locate the Blocked key in the Shell Extensions folder. If you don't have a blocked folder, right-click in the Shell Extensions folder and select "New Key" and call it Blocked.



If you already have a Blocked registry folder, follow the next step.

Right-click on the Blocked folder and select "New > String Value."



Enter


in the blank space and press enter.

Restart or log out and the "Give Access to" Context Menu is gone. Should you want it back, just follow the same steps above and delete the f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6 string you created.

Please note this will not affect your ability to give access, only remove the right-click context menu item.

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