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Linux folder on Windows in File Explorer
Updated By Lance - April 16, 2024 Linux Folder on Windows in File Explorer
How to remove the Linux Folder on Windows
An unknown Linux folder with a penguin icon appears on Windows 10 or 11 in file explorer
navigation pane. This is a common issue if you had Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) To add back the Linux Folder on Windows
installed and later removed it. This was once a shortcut used to access the WSL distro you
had installed. But since WSL was removed, you'll find it is empty and that you can't directly
delete it.
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The following simple solution covers removing the Penguin Icon and deleting the Linux
folder.
NOTE: Proceed if this "Linux folder" is empty and you are sure that no Linux distributions
are currently installed in Windows.
How to remove the Linux Folder on Windows
To remove Linux from the navigation pane:
1. Create a text file on your desktop called remove-linux.reg
2. Open the file with a text editor.
3. Copy and past the following registry code into the file and then save it.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{B2B4A4D1-2754-4140-A2E
@="Linux"
"System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"=dword:00000000
4. Then double click the file to import it into the registry
If all went well, the Linux folder should now be gone from File Explorer.
To add back the Linux Folder on Windows
If for some reason you find the need to add Linux back to the navigation pane, just change
the last line in step 3 above to the following:
"System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"=dword:00000001
Registry code snippet Source.
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