One option for removing these tiles is to install Classic Shell. If you don’t want adverts appearing in your Windows 10 Start menu, here’s how to remove them. Microsoft has been contacted for clarification. It remains unclear whether all versions of Windows 10 will eventually see the Start menu changes or just new installs. Microsoft discussed the changes at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in late April, as part of a briefing on new features in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, due out this summer. To make room, the number of tiles linking to apps installed on the machine will decrease, from 17 to 12. In future versions of Windows 10, the number of ‘promoted apps’ tiles in the Start menu will rise to 10.
Three of these tiles are links to apps on the Windows Store and two are Windows Store apps that Windows 10 has previously automatically installed on the machine. Windows 10’s Start menu currently has five tiles that display ‘promoted apps’, which are Windows Store apps the user hasn’t installed on their PC. Microsoft is to double the number of adverts for apps that appear in Windows 10’s Start menu. Want to never see a promoted app in the Start menu again? Follow this step-by-step guide for home users and businesses.
