Remove the "Share" 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 "Give Access to" context menu in Windows 10 and today we're going to show you how to Remove the Share 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:



Right-click on the ModernSharing key and select delete. After a reboot, the Share context menu is gone.



Should you want to restore the Share context menu, you'll need to recreate the key you delete, which is why we suggested you back up, but it's not hard to do:

Go back to ComputerHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellexContextMenuHandlers
Right-click and choose New, Key
Name it ModernSharing.
The empty string on the right can be double-clicked and the value set to {e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7}.

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

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