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Windows Central
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Mauro Huculak

How to disable thumbnails on Windows 10

Disable thumbnails on Windows 10.

On Windows 10, File Explorer can display various sizes of thumbnail images for files, folders, documents, pictures, and videos. This feature provides a quick preview of content without the need to open each item.

While this visual aid allows for faster file identification without referencing file names, rendering and caching these previews can consume system resources. This is particularly noticeable in directories containing a large number of images.

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