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How To Eliminate AI Actions From the Windows 11 Context Menu

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Microsoft has been sprucing up Windows 11 with some pretty slick AI features in all sorts of inbox apps over the past couple of years. Stuff like the Paint app now can remove backgrounds from images, the Photos app lets you erase backgrounds or blur them instantly. It’s kinda neat if you’re into quick edits, but if you don’t use these AI goodies, they can clutter up your right-click menu in File Explorer. Instead of having options that never get touched, it’s nice to clean up and keep things streamlined. The good news? Windows 11 actually makes it pretty straightforward to hide or remove these AI actions—no registry hacks or command line voodoo needed. So, if you’re tired of seeing “Erase objects” or “Remove background” popping up for every single image, here’s how to cut them out.

Remove an AI action from the File Explorer context menu in Windows 11

Open Settings and find your way to Actions

  • Step 1: Hit the Windows + I keys or search for “Settings” in the Start menu. That’ll bring up the Settings app.
  • Step 2: On the left sidebar, click Apps.
  • Step 3: Now, on the right, you’ll see a new-ish section called Actions. If you don’t see it or can’t find it, make sure your Windows is up to date because this feature isn’t super old but still might be missing in very outdated builds.

Toggle off unwanted AI actions

  • Step 4: Inside Actions, you’ll see a list of apps—Photos, Paint, etc.—with toggle switches next to each. Find the AI features you never touch, like “Blur background” or “Erase objects, ” and turn those toggles off.

Turning off the toggle completely disables all AI actions for that app in the right-click menu. There’s no way to pick and choose just one AI action; it’s all or nothing. So, if you turn off the AI actions for Photos, the options to blur or erase in that context menu disappear entirely. Kind of inconvenient, but it keeps things clean if you’re not into AI editing.

Note: Sometimes, after turning off these options, the menu doesn’t update immediately. If that happens, try restarting File Explorer or Windows itself. Not sure why it works, but in some setups, a restart clears the menu cache.

On some machines, this tweak might not hide everything right away—you might have to log out and back in or reboot. Windows doesn’t offer an easy way to disable individual AI actions like “Remove background” versus “Blur background, ” so this method is a bit blunt but effective.