Context Menu Editor
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The Context Menu Editor shows Windows context menu commands and lets you hide unnecessary items, add your own, or edit existing ones. Before making changes, a backup snapshot is created for restoration, and File Explorer restarts automatically.
How to open
Section titled “How to open”In the main menu, select Tools → Context Menu Editor. The menu structure loads on the left; the target can be switched: “Desktop background”, “Folders”, “Empty space in a folder”, “Drives”, “All files”, “File type”, “New”, “Send to”. Search and “Live preview” help you make sure you have selected the right item and the right object type.
Hide, delete, and the difference between them
Section titled “Hide, delete, and the difference between them”- “Hide here” / “Hide everywhere” — hides the item in the current scope or in all scopes. Before hiding, BoosterX creates a backup snapshot for restoration, and the item is brought back with the “Show here” / “Show everywhere” buttons.
- “Delete here” — deletes the item only from the current scope for the selected object type, for example only from the menu of one file type.
- “Delete everywhere” — deletes the item from all scopes at once. The action is marked as irreversible, but a backup snapshot is automatically created before it as well.
Items from the system registry require running BoosterX as administrator; system entries are protected by the tool’s security policy.
Example: hide an item for one file type
Section titled “Example: hide an item for one file type”- Open the editor and switch the target to “File type”, find the desired type via search.
- Select the item that gets in the way and check it in the preview.
- Click “Hide here” — the item will disappear only from the menu of this file type.
- Right-click a test file and make sure the menu has changed.
How to undo
Section titled “How to undo”- Open the “Backup” section.
- Click “Restore” — the tool will return the state from the snapshot and report “Item restored”.
- For a hidden item, you can also click “Show here” or “Show everywhere” in the “Visibility” section.
An erroneous command may launch the wrong file or pass it an incorrect path. Do not paste commands from unknown sources and do not delete system entries without a backup. In Windows 11, display in the new menu is configured separately with the “Show in the new Windows 11 menu” toggle.
Sources and limitations
Section titled “Sources and limitations”Third-party programs can add commands through shell extensions — such entries are more complex than a regular item with a command.
Last checked: 2026-09-20.