In one of our earlier articles, we explained how Microsoft is bloating Windows 11 with AI stuffs no one asked for. Continuing the trend, recent Windows 11 updates have added various AI-powered actions to the right-click context menu. If you are already frustrated with the shortened context menu, these AI actions will bring additional annoyance especially if you don’t use those features. Here are few options to remove partially or completely remove the “AI actions” from context menu in Windows 11.
AI Actions in Context Menu
Simply right-click on an image file in File Explorer or on the desktop. You will see an “AI actions” menu, and hovering over it will reveal additional options like blur or remove background, erase objects, and visual search with Bing. For image files, these actions are suggested through the Paint and Photos apps. However, the available AI actions may vary depending on the file type and the apps installed on your computer.
1. Remove Suggested Actions from Windows Settings
For most users, this is the safest and easiest method to manage AI actions. Although this removes the list of actions, it does not remove the “AI actions” menu item itself.
- Press Windows Logo + I keys to open the Settings app.
- Go to “Apps” tab in the left sidebar, then select “Actions”.
- You will see a list of supported apps like Paint and Photos.
- Expand each app to find the details of the recommended actions by them.
- Simply turn off for any app you want to remove from the AI Actions menu.
- Disabling all of them removes all suggested actions and show “No actions available” when hovering on “AI actions” menu.
2. Completely Remove AI Actions Menu Item
If you are an advanced user, then tools like ViVeTool can help to remove the “AI actions” menu completely.
- Go to GitHub page and download the latest ViVeTool version.
- Extract the ZIP file and move its contents to any desired folder, or simply unzip the file directly in the Downloads folder.
- Now, launch Command Prompt in administrator mode.
- Use
cd /dcommand and change the prompt to the location where you have the extracted files. In our case, we have extracted the ZIP file in C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive\Documents\ViVeTool-v0.3.2 and hence the command should be like below:
cd /d C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive\Documents\ViVeTool-v0.3.2
- Type the following command in the prompt and press enter.
Vivetool.exe /enable /id:59193521- 59193521 is the feature ID for AI Actions, and enabling it will remove the menu item completely from the context menu in File Explorer and on the desktop.
You can anytime enable the context menu back using the following command:
vivetool.exe /disable /id:59193521Learn more on how to use the ViveTool to enable or disable Windows features in this article.
3. Remove AI Features with RemoveWindowsAI
Third-party scripts like RemoveWindowsAI can also help to remove “AI actions” from the context menu. Unlike ViveTool, this script can disable AI features across Notepad, Paint, Recall, and background services in Windows 11.
- Download the tool from GitHub and extract the ZIP file.
- Open Windows PowerShell app in administrator mode.
- Type the following command and press enter to run the script.
& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI/main/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1")))- The script will show a pop-up for selecting the components to remove.
- Make sure to check “Disable Registry Keys” option. Also, check other options if you want to completely remove all AI features from your computer.
- Turn on “Backup Mode” and “Revert Mode” options to take a backup and revert back to the default settings in case of an issue.
- Click “Apply” button to run the script and check the progress.
- After the script finished running, close the PowerShell app and check your right-click menu. You should not see the “AI actions” option.
Note: If you have noticed, there is also an “Ask Copilot” item in the context menu to open Copilot app. If you want to remove that, simply uninstall the Copilot app from “Settings > Apps > Installed apps” section. On Edge, you can disable that menu from the browser’s settings page.
Final Words
Using the default Windows Settings is the best option to remove the suggested actions. However, if you want to completely remove “AI actions” and other AI features in Windows 11, then try ViVeTool. RemoveWindowsAI script is the best for automatically removing all unnecessary AI bloat without mentioning the feature ID. However, these third-party scripts may not work in future as Microsoft always update / change the settings.
