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A common problem I have is that I have a new PC that I'll be using for a while. And pretty much every Windows 10 PC I've used (even work PCs) have a ton of junk I don't want in the start menu in the form of a tile. I don't care much about the stuff in the "all apps" menu because it's out of the way, but I want the tiles to be just for stuff I use a lot.
Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the only way to remove tiles is one by one by right clicking > unpin from start. How can I quickly remove all these tiles?
Also, is there some easy way to copy over the start menu links and layout from another computer? This would be useful as I have a number of programs that I always want in the start menu no matter what PC I'm using.
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You mentioned you are using Windows 10. Group Policy provides this capability. If you want no tiles, make sure your template has no tiles and deploy. If you want certain tiles here/there, arrange them once, capture, and then deploy. You can use this link to learn more about this method: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/customize-windows-10-start-screens-by-using-group-policy - If you don't have gpedit.msc, you can use a 3rd party workaround to get it installed, but that would only be if you are using the Home edition. Otherwise, this should work as is.
– InterLinked – 2016-04-26T19:56:44.1471
I had the same question last month when I had 7 computers to configure the same. Wish @lnterLinked had seen it. That would have been a great tool.
– CharlieRB – 2016-04-26T20:26:26.613@InterLinked - you ought to flesh that out and post that as an answer. – Journeyman Geek – 2017-01-18T12:50:54.343