Preventing windows 10 quick access from pinning folders under certain folder

I would like to blacklist or permanently prevent windows explolrer from adding certain folders to the quick access folder. I have researched online and only found methods of removing already pinned items. any help is much appreciated.


I wrote a little C# app to achieve this.

https://github.com/jmaton/ClearRecentLinks

You can specify specific folders, filenames, and/or partial filenames. Matching links will be deleted from Recent as well as from QuickAccess.

Cheers!