To remove a file from Quick Access, locate the file in the Quick Access folder, right-click it, and click Unpin from Quick Access. You can also drag and drop a file to the Quick Access folder - but you must drop it on the actual folder (over the words 'Quick Access'), or you'll end up creating a shortcut to the file you're trying to pin in one of the folders already located in Quick Access. Right-click the file, and then click Pin to Quick Access.
First, navigate to the file you want to add to Quick Access. Screenshot by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNETĪdding a file to Quick Access is (almost) as easy as dragging and dropping a file to the Favorites section. Here's how to use it: Add a file to Quick Access The new Quick Access is similar in principle to the old Favorites section - it's a place where you can pin your favorite files for, well, 'quick access' - just with a few added features, namely an automatically populated list of recently-accessed files and frequently-accessed folders. In Windows 10's File Explorer, the Favorites section you know and love (maybe) has gotten a makeover.
