Published Apr 25, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Rob LeFebvre is an editor and writer focusing on consumer and enterprise technologies for a broad range of outlets. He’s been writing online for more than 15 years; before that he was a special educator for kids with severe disabilities. Rob has been an Editorial Director at Lifewire, a news writer at Engadget, and a senior contributor at Cult of Mac. He's written about PCs, Macs, mobile phones, and games, created newsrooms from the ground up, and has extensive experience reviewing hardware, software, and games across his career.  Windows 11 has a bad habit of filling File Explorer's navigation pane with things I didn't ask for. Home, Gallery, and OneDrive now sit at the top of the standard pane by default, and they're just there taking up space every time I open a folder. I went looking for ways to remove them. Turns out, none of them have a built-in toggle .…