It can't be removed right now. We're tracking a workitem to only show it when SHIFT is held down.

We're not going to add the ability to delete it entirely. Sorry.

/dup #6113

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

To remove this manually, open regedit, go to the folder \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked (you may have to create the Blocked key) then add a string value on the right with the name {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155} and the value WindowsTerminal
Then restart Explorer.

Bookmark the folder if you're likely to want to come back and re-enable the menu item when they add the option to only show it on holding shift

To remove this manually, open regedit, go to the folder \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked (you may have to create the Blocked key) then add a string value on the right with the name {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155} and the value WindowsTerminal

Bookmark the folder if you're likely to want to come back and re-enable the menu item when they add the option to only show it on holding shift

Cool stuff. Thank you.

To remove this manually, open regedit, go to the folder [...]

Nice, I already added my own shortcut on shift only, so this removed the duplicate.

I use this registry hack in combination with https://github.com/BroJenuel/Explorer-Context-Menu-Integration-for-windows-terminal to address issues with Windows Terminal not being able to properly retain the CWD when opening new tabs and panes (#8933).

I use this registry hack in combination with https://github.com/BroJenuel/Explorer-Context-Menu-Integration-for-windows-terminal to address issues with Windows Terminal not being able to properly retain the CWD when opening new tabs and panes (#8933).

I think this is better than the official solution:

https://github.com/lextm/windowsterminal-shell

@vitaminj Unfortunately that doesn't work for 'Open in Windows Terminal Preview'. Any idea of the correct CLSID for that?

@pundoo it seems to be {02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B} for the preview version (you can use any string for the value but WindowsTerminalPreview is probably a good idea so that you remember what it was)

@vitaminj Ahh.. its literally just there. I went over the source code atleast twice. How could I possibly overlook that.. smh

@vitaminj
Thank you for finding that string! Now Windows Terminal Preview no longer shows up in my Windows 11 context menu 👍

To remove this manually, open Regedit, go to the folder \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked (you may have to create the Blocked key) then add a string value on the right with the name {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155} and the value WindowsTerminal Then restart Explorer.

Bookmark the folder if you're likely to want to come back and re-enable the menu item when they add the option to only show it on holding shift

Thank you.

@pundoo it seems to be {02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B} for the preview version (you can use any string for the value but WindowsTerminalPreview is probably a good idea so that you remember what it was)

Thank you. How about how to remove it from the extended context menu on Windows 11, after you click "Show More Options"?

@pundoo it seems to be {02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B} for the preview version (you can use any string for the value but WindowsTerminalPreview is probably a good idea so that you remember what it was)

Thank you. How about how to remove it from the extended context menu on Windows 11, after you click "Show More Options"?

the same registry edit you can apply in Windows 11 too.