{"id":373782,"date":"2026-08-01T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373782"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:20:03","slug":"windows-11-could-finally-fix-its-right-click-menu-faster-redesign-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-11-could-finally-fix-its-right-click-menu-faster-redesign-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 could finally fix its right-click menu: faster redesign ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft looks to be reworking one of the more annoying parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 11<\/a>: the right-click context menu. The reported redesign is part of the company\u2019s wider \u201cWindows K2\u201d push around user experience, and the idea seems straightforward enough, a menu that\u2019s <strong>faster and less<\/strong> of a mess.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That lines up with one of the biggest complaints people have had about Windows 11 since launch. The current menu can feel slow, crowded, and a little clumsy, largely because it seems to load every <strong>registered third-party extension<\/strong> at the same time. The new version is expected to put the actions people use most up front in a tighter layout, and for the first time, let users add, remove, and reorder menu items.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft still hasn\u2019t officially announced the redesign. Still, Windows design chief Marcus Ash has said the team is working on context menus that are \u201c<strong>faster, simpler by default<\/strong>,\u201d configurable based on what you use most, and recent Windows Insider builds already hint at that cleanup. There\u2019s a new \u201cManage file\u201d submenu for options you probably don\u2019t need as often, plus text labels on <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-file-explorer-beta.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">File Explorer<\/a> context menu icons so it\u2019s easier to tell what each action does.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re on Windows 11 every day, this is one of those small changes that could matter a lot. The context menu is a basic tool, but it\u2019s one you\u2019re constantly using, and this update could finally make it feel <strong>less frustrating<\/strong>. Microsoft, though, still hasn\u2019t shared a release date, any developer API details, or a bigger plan for the Insider rollout.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can\u2019t download the new Windows 11 context menu yet. It\u2019s expected to show up in a future Windows 11 update, possibly <strong>before the end of the year<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft looks to be reworking one of the more annoying parts of Windows 11: the right-click context menu. The reported redesign is part of the company\u2019s wider \u201cWindows K2\u201d push around user experience, and the idea seems straightforward enough, a menu that\u2019s faster and less of a mess. That lines up with one of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-11-could-finally-fix-its-right-click-menu-faster-redesign-ahead\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Windows 11 could finally fix its right-click menu: faster redesign ahead&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":373781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-373782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373783,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373782\/revisions\/373783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373782"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=373782"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=373782"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=373782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}