We show you how to disable Tabs in File Explorer on Windows 11 by using a free command line tool called ViveTool.

Windows 11 has quietly added a new feature in the last couple of months: a tabbed File Explorer interface. It makes moving and copying files so much simpler.

The Clover 3 extension adds tabs to File Explorer in Windows to make file management easier.

While tabs have been a core part of web browsers for more than a decade (including Internet Explorer), Microsoft is finally in the process of introducing a tabbed interface to the Windows File ...

Almost 50% of polled participants want to see tabs in more Microsoft apps, while over 43% of voters are happy with the addition of tabs to the File Explorer.

Microsoft has started testing tabs support inside File Explorer on Windows 11. The highly-requested feature is a secret feature inside test builds of Windows 11 right now.

Microsoft heard you like tabs, so it decided to put tabs into File Explorer tabs so you can tab while you tab. A future update will let you switch between recent, favorites, and shared files.

If you're looking to disable tabs in Windows 11, think again. There's no way to do so, not even in the File Explorer properties menu. Maybe just don't use them if you don't like them.

Tips & Tricks to use Tabs in File Explorer in Windows 11. You can add new tabs, re-arrange tabs, scroll the tab list in File Explorer, and more.

There is nothing you need to do to activate the tabs in File Explorer, as long as you've installed the Windows 11 2022 Update and its subsequent updates released by Microsoft up to November 2022.