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See every right-click entry — and the app that put it there.

A right-click menu editor for Windows 11 and Windows 10. No regedit.

Windows does not build the right-click menu from one list. It assembles it from four separate places, which is why an entry you thought you deleted comes back, and why some refuse to disappear at all. ContextCleaner scans all four, shows them in a single searchable list with the app behind each row, and lets you switch off what you do not want. It is for developers, IT admins, and anyone who right-clicks dozens of times a day.

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ContextCleaner on Windows 11, listing every right-click menu entry with the app that added each one.

Every entry, with its origin

Why cleanup usually fails

Your right-click menu is four menus wearing one coat.

Most guides and most tools deal with one of these and call it done. That is why an entry disappears and then returns, or why deleting a registry key does nothing at all. ContextCleaner reads all four and treats them as a single list.

Classic commands

The traditional entries, most of them living under “Show more options” on Windows 11. These are the ones you can also move between the main list and the overflow.

App add-ons

COM handlers that installed apps register — archivers, cloud drives, antivirus, developer tools. One handler often contributes several menu entries, so switching it off clears all of them together.

Modern menu items

The Windows 11 compact menu, including entries from packaged and MSIX apps. These are registered differently from classic commands, which is why registry-only tools cannot see them.

The New ▸ submenu

Every document type offered under right-click → New. It fills up quietly as you install software, and nothing in Windows lets you prune it.

A crowded Windows 11 right-click menu beside the same menu after unwanted entries were removed in ContextCleaner. — The same right-click menu before and after one pass in ContextCleaner

See it in action

A small, native Windows app — not a browser in a costume.

ContextCleaner’s unified list of right-click entries, filterable by menu surface and by built-in versus third-party.

A ContextCleaner entry expanded to show its add-on ID, source path, and the file types it applies to.

ContextCleaner listing the COM add-ons installed apps register, with publisher and backing file for each.

ContextCleaner’s Ctrl+K quick actions palette, running an action on a named menu entry by typing.

ContextCleaner’s local audit log with a chain-integrity check reporting a clean pass.

The workflow

Scan, review, apply — in about two minutes.

One list, and the app behind every row

Every entry shows what added it — the app, DLL, or package — plus where it was found, which file types it covers, and whether it is a built-in Windows entry or something an installer added. Filter to third-party only, or search by name, app, path, or identifier.

Remove one, or clear the whole view

Flip a single toggle, multi-select a batch, or clear every third-party entry in the current view with one button. Switching off an app add-on removes every entry it contributes at once, which is usually why an entry you deleted kept reappearing.

A dedicated cleanup for the New ▸ submenu

The right-click New menu collects document types from everything you install. ContextCleaner gives it its own view so you can turn off the ones you never create. The file type itself keeps working — only the New-menu shortcut goes away, and the change is a reversible rename, not a deletion.

Review everything before it is written

Changes stack up as pending and nothing touches your PC until you press Apply. Machine-wide entries are batched into a single administrator prompt per apply, and if Windows refuses one, ContextCleaner tells you how many instead of reporting success.

Run anything by typing

Press Ctrl+K to apply or discard pending changes, undo the last apply, take a snapshot, jump to any view, or act on a specific entry by name. Fourteen shortcuts, all rebindable, with conflict detection.

Reversible by design

Changing how Windows behaves should not feel like a gamble.

None of this is a promise to be careful. Every item below is a mechanism in the app.

A snapshot is written before each apply. If it cannot be written, the change is not applied.
Undo and redo live on disk, not in memory — up to 25 steps each, surviving app and PC restarts.
Restore any earlier snapshot in one click, with a confirmation first.
Entries File Explorer needs are protected in the backend and cannot be removed, even by a bulk action.
Removals are non-destructive: entries are marked hidden, add-ons go on a block list, New ▸ items are renamed.
A confirmation before anything is written, which you can turn off once you are comfortable.
One administrator prompt per apply for machine-wide changes, not one per entry.
If Windows refuses an entry, you are told how many rather than shown a false success.

Use This When

Remove entries from the Windows 11 right-click menu without opening Registry Editor yourself
Find out which app added a right-click entry, and why deleting a registry key did not remove it
Clean up the right-click New submenu without breaking the underlying file types

Technical specifications

Facts for technical buyers

Spec	Implementation
Data Sovereignty	Menu edits, snapshots, and the full change history stay on your PC; diagnostics exports replace personal folder names first
Telemetry Status	None; no account, no ads, no third-party analytics
Core Runtime	Tauri 2 + Rust native Windows app; requires the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime, which it does not install for you
Network Requirements	Makes no network requests at all and requests no networking permission from Windows
Deployment Compatibility	Windows 11 and Windows 10; no version gating, so Windows 10 simply shows fewer modern and packaged entries. Microsoft Store
Scope	All four menu surfaces: classic commands, COM app add-ons, Windows 11 modern and packaged items, and the New submenu
Provenance	Each entry names the app, DLL, or package behind it, where it was discovered, and the file types it applies to
Reversibility	Snapshot written before each apply (the apply stops if it cannot be saved), one-click restore, and disk-persisted undo and redo up to 25 steps each
Guardrails	Entries File Explorer depends on are protected from removal even by bulk actions; machine-wide edits use one administrator prompt per apply
Accountability	Tamper-evident, hash-chained (SHA-256) audit log with one-tap integrity verification, stored only on your PC
Access	System tray presence with a customizable hotkey and Ctrl+K quick actions across 14 rebindable shortcuts
Approximate size	30 MB installed or less

Before you buy

Compatibility and requirements

Windows 11 and Windows 10

There is no version check and nothing is gated. On Windows 10 you will see fewer modern and packaged entries, because that menu surface only exists on Windows 11. Everything else behaves the same.

Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime

Required, and already present on virtually all Windows 11 PCs. ContextCleaner does not install it for you, so on an older or freshly imaged Windows 10 machine you may need to add it first.

Administrator approval, sometimes

Not needed to install or run, and not needed for per-user entries. Machine-wide entries require approval, requested once per apply. Decline it and nothing is written.

No network, no account

The app makes no network requests and requests no networking permission from Windows. There is nothing to sign in to and nothing to opt out of.

FAQ

Questions worth asking first

Do I have to edit the registry?

You never open Registry Editor. ContextCleaner makes the underlying changes for you, and it makes them in reversible ways: entries are marked hidden rather than deleted, add-ons go on a block list rather than being unregistered, and New ▸ items are renamed rather than removed. Undoing a change puts things back the way they were.

What happens if I remove the wrong thing?

A backup snapshot is written before each apply, and if it cannot be written the change is not applied — the safety step is not optional. Undo and redo are stored on disk rather than in memory, so up to 25 steps in each direction survive closing the app and restarting your PC. You can also restore any earlier snapshot in one click.

Could this break File Explorer?

The entries File Explorer needs to open folders, drives, and network locations are protected in the backend and cannot be removed, including by a bulk action. You also get a warning before switching off a built-in Windows component. Third-party entries stay fully removable, which is the point.

Do I need administrator rights?

Not to run the app, and not for per-user entries. Some entries are registered machine-wide — Office New ▸ items and system-approved add-ons, for example — and those need approval. ContextCleaner collects them all into a single prompt per apply, and if you decline it says so instead of failing quietly.

Do I have to restart Explorer or reboot?

No. ContextCleaner asks Windows to refresh its cached menu after applying, so changes show up on your next right-click. Restarting Explorer is available as an explicit action under Advanced if you ever want it, but applying does not do it.

Does it keep a record of what it changed?

Yes. Every action — applies, backups, restores, setting changes — is written to a local append-only log where each entry carries a SHA-256 hash of its own contents plus the hash of the entry before it. Editing, deleting, or reordering any past entry breaks the chain, and a one-tap check inside the app reports either a clean pass or the exact entry where it broke. That makes it tamper-evident, not tamper-proof, and ContextCleaner is explicit about the difference.

Is it private?

The app makes no network requests at all. It requests no networking permission from the operating system and ships with a content policy that has no outbound destination, so there is no telemetry, no analytics, no ads, and no account. Your change history and snapshots stay on your PC, and diagnostics reports are generated only when you ask, with personal folder names replaced before export.

Which versions of Windows does it work on?

Windows 11 and Windows 10. There is no version gating — on Windows 10 you simply see fewer modern and packaged entries, because those menu surfaces are a Windows 11 feature. It also needs the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime, which is already present on virtually all Windows 11 PCs.

Clean up your right-click menu in about two minutes.

Scan all four menu surfaces, see what each app added, and remove what you do not use. Undo any of it in one click. A one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store—no subscription.

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