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ContextCleaner lets you curate the compact Windows 11 menu and the full "Show more options" list — promote, hide, reorder — with automatic backups and one-click undo. No registry required.

ContextCleaner curates both the compact Windows 11 menu and "Show more options" — promote, hide, reorder — with automatic backups and 10-step undo. No registry required.

$4.99 USD — Perpetual License

One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store

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windows 11 · no registry · backed up & reversible · no telemetry

If this sounds like your week

Windows 11 split your right-click menu in two — and made both awkward.

Now there's a compact menu and a separate "Show more options" classic list, and the commands you want are split unpredictably between them. Half your muscle memory points at the wrong menu, and tuning either one isn't something Windows exposes.

Where tooling usually breaks

Two menus, zero built-in controls.

Windows gives you no UI to decide what shows in the compact menu versus the classic list, or to reorder either. The only "supported" path is registry edits that are easy to botch and hard to undo.

Where ContextCleaner lands

Curate both menus on purpose — no registry required.

ContextCleaner lets you edit both the compact Windows 11 menu and the full "Show more options" list: promote what matters, hide what doesn't, and see every entry labeled by source and context. Each change is backed up first with one-click restore and a 10-step undo, so you can tune confidently. Fully local, no telemetry.

$4.99 USD — Perpetual License

One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store

Get it from Microsoft Store

Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.

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windows 11 · no registry · backed up & reversible · no telemetry

What you get

Feature highlights

Pin what matters

Move the items you actually use to the top of both the compact Windows 11 menu and the full “Show more options” list so they are always one click away.

Hide the clutter

Turn off entries you never click and clean up both the modern short menu and the longer classic list.

Tame slow add-ons

See every shell extension in one place, understand what it does and where it appears, then switch off the ones you do not need.

Change with total confidence

Automatic backup before every change, one-click restore from any snapshot, 10-step undo history, and friendly warnings before you disable built-in Windows components.

A verifiable record of every change

A tamper-evident, hash-chained audit log records everything ContextCleaner does, with a one-tap integrity check—entirely on your PC.

Run anything from Ctrl+K

A command palette puts every action one keystroke away—pin an item, disable an extension, create a backup, or jump to any view—with fully customizable shortcuts.

Find and bulk-edit fast

Search, filter, and change multiple items at once, with every entry labeled by its source and context (files, folders, desktop, and more).

Private by default

No tracking, advertising, or third-party analytics. Your complete change history stays on your PC, and diagnostics exports strip personal folder names first.

Especially when

  • Clean up a cluttered Windows 11 right-click menu without editing the registry
  • Pin the context-menu commands you use most to the top so they are always one click away
  • Disable slow or unwanted shell extensions and reverse any change instantly if you change your mind

Who benefits

Real-world scenarios

The split-menu shuffle

Half the commands you want are hidden under "Show more options," and the rest are in the compact menu — never where you expect.

You curate both lists in ContextCleaner so the right commands live in the right menu, and your muscle memory finally matches reality.

The command you run all day

The action you use twenty times a day sits near the bottom of the menu, below installer leftovers you never click.

You promote it to the top of both the compact and classic menus in ContextCleaner, so it's the first thing under your cursor — no registry edit, reversible anytime.

The cautious experimenter

You want to clean up the menu but you've heard horror stories about deleting the wrong registry key and breaking Explorer.

ContextCleaner takes a backup before every change and keeps a 10-step undo, so you can try things, see the result, and roll back instantly — no registry, no risk.

Deep dive

One menu became two: making sense of the Windows 11 context menu

Windows 11 introduced a compact right-click menu with the most common actions and tucked everything else behind "Show more options," which opens the full classic menu. The split is well-intentioned but the result is that commands land unpredictably between the two lists, and Windows gives you no built-in way to decide what goes where or to reorder either one. App-installed entries and shell extensions only add to the confusion. ContextCleaner treats both menus as something you can curate. It shows every entry labeled by its source (which app added it) and context (files, folders, desktop, and more), and lets you promote items to the top, hide the ones you never use, and clean up both the compact and classic lists. Every change is backed up automatically with one-click restore and a 10-step undo, and none of it requires touching the registry — so you can shape the menu to your actual workflow and reverse anything that doesn't work out.

Trusted by pragmatic desktop users

Built for people who prefer tools that stay local.

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Our Core Moat

Engineered to respect your system boundaries.

System Resource Monitor (Idle State Comparison)
Automata Labs sub-5MB idle memory footprint compared to generic Electron applications

Lightweight Native Stack

Compiled Rust core wrapped inside an optimized Tauri shell. No heavy background node loops or duplicate Chromium engines cooking your memory footprint (<5MB idle RAM).

100% Local-First Privacy

Executes entirely on-device with full offline isolation. Absolute zero background telemetry policies, no metrics aggregation, and zero mandatory cloud-sync accounts.

Perpetual Fallback Licenses

Pay a single, clear one-time purchase price. Own your specific native software utility execution tier permanently without artificial subscription paywalls or ongoing usage tax.

FAQ

Straight answers—no glossary dump

Can I edit the Windows 11 right-click menu without using the registry?

Yes. ContextCleaner makes every change — hiding entries, promoting favorites, disabling shell extensions — through a guided UI, so you never open regedit. Each change is backed up automatically and reversible with one-click restore or a 10-step undo.

What if I hide or change the wrong thing?

Every change is backed up automatically before it's applied. You can restore any earlier snapshot in one click, step back through a 10-item undo history, and you're warned before disabling built-in Windows components.

Does ContextCleaner work with both the compact and classic menus?

Yes. It edits both the compact Windows 11 menu and the full "Show more options" classic list, with every entry labeled by its source and context (files, folders, desktop, and more).

Is it private, and how do I get it?

ContextCleaner runs locally with no tracking, advertising, or third-party analytics — your change history stays on your PC. It's a one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store; use the Microsoft Store button on this page for the current listing and price.

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Take back your Windows 11 right-click menu. Take back your Windows 11 right-click menu. The lag in your right-click menu has a cause. Put your most-used commands at the top of the menu.

Your right-click menu,
under your control.

ContextCleaner customizes the Windows 11 right-click menu—hide clutter, promote favorites, and tame slow shell extensions across both the compact and classic menus—without touching the registry. Every change is backed up with one-click restore. No tracking.

$4.99 USD — Perpetual License

One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store

Get it from Microsoft Store

Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.

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Technical specifications

Technical specifications for procurement

Spec Implementation
Data Sovereignty Menu edits and full change history stay on your PC; diagnostics exports strip personal folder names first
Telemetry Status None; no tracking, advertising, or third-party analytics
Core Runtime Native-feeling Windows 11 app that edits the shell context menu without registry surgery
Network Requirements Fully functional offline
Deployment Compatibility Windows 11 (recommended); works on Windows 10 22H2. Microsoft Store
Scope Compact Windows 11 menu and the full “Show more options” classic list, plus shell extensions
Reversibility Automatic backup before every change, one-click snapshot restore, and 10-step undo history
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 command palette
Approximate size About 30 MB installed