Remove Include in Library Context Menu in Windows 10

It is possible to remove the Include in Library command from the context menu in Windows 10. This can be useful for those users who find no use for libraries. If you are one of them, here is what you should do.

With Windows 7, Microsoft introduced Libraries: a feature of the Explorer shell, which allows you to group multiple folders in a single view, even if they are located on different volumes. Searching through Libraries is very fast, because Windows performs indexing of all locations which are included inside a Library.

Starting with Windows 8.1, Libraries are hidden and not enabled in File Explorer. Windows 10 also does not show them by default. The user has to enable them manually. Tip: See how to enable Libraries in Windows 10.

If you find no use for Libraries, you can remove the command Include in Library from the context menu. It can be removed from the folder context menu in File Explorer with a simple Registry tweak. Once you apply the tweak, the command will disappear.

To remove the Include in Library context menu in Windows 10, do the following.

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Go to the following Registry key:

   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers

   Tip: see How to jump to the desired registry key with one click.

3. Here, delete the subkey named Library Location as shown below:

That's it! The Include in Library command will disappear from the context menu.

Before:

After:

To restore the command, recreate the Library Location subkey under the following Registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers

Set the default (unnamed) value of the the Library Locationsubkey to the following string value:

{3dad6c5d-2167-4cae-9914-f99e41c12cfa}

See the following screenshot:

This will re-enable the Include in Library context menu item.

You can use Winaero Tweaker to get rid of this context menu command. You'll find the appropriate option under Context Menu\Remove Default Entries.

You can download the app from here:

Download Winaero Tweaker

To save your time, you can download the following ready-to-use Registry files.

Download Registry Files

The undo tweak is included.

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