Windows File Explorer offers a preview pane where, when a file is selected, a preview of the file content is displayed for some of the files. Text, PDF, and Images are some of them that support this.

To disable the preview pane in File Explorer, you can take the help of two native features of Windows 11/10 OS. These are: Group Policy Editor Registry Editor. Let’s have a look at both options.

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