Windows makes it easier for you to add, remove, or arrange the Quick Action buttons in the Notifications & Actions Center. The Action Center displays 4 Quick Actions, with an option that lets you Expand or Collapse the Action Center in order to show more than four buttons.
Quick Actions lets you perform actions quickly on your often-accessed functions or features. These could be All settings, Connect, Battery saver, VPN, Bluetooth, Brightness, Note, Tablet Mode, Wi-Fi, or Quiet Hours. You can select or choose the Quick Actions you want to be displayed here.
How to Add, Remove, Arrange Quick Action Buttons in Windows 11/10
If you want to change how the Quick Action buttons are displayed:
- Open the Start Menu
- Click on the Settings icon.
- Next, click on System settings
- From the left panel, select Notifications & actions.
- Click on the Edit your Quick Actions link and the Notification & Action center will pop out from the right side.
Add, Remove Quick Action Buttons in Windows 11/10
- Once the Notification & Action Center has opened up
- Here you can pin or unpin the Quick Action buttons, rearrange them, or add or remove the Quick Action button using the “+Add” link.
- You also choose to add or remove the Brightness slider here.
- Once done, click on Done.
In earlier Windows 10 versions, you saw this.
To re-arrange the Quick Action buttons, you had to drag and drop them to the locations you want.
If you wished to add or remove some of the buttons, you had to click on the Add or Remove quick actions link to open the following window.
Toggle the slider to the Off position if you want to remove a quick action, and to the On if you want to display a quick action.
If you do not use these buttons, you can also disable the Quick Action icons. If you wish, you can even go a step further and disable the entire Notification and Action Center – which of course is not advisable.
On Windows 11, you can open the Quick Action Center in the Taskbar corner and click on the Pen icon to edit. If you want to remove an icon, click on the unpin button (white) on each icon. To add a removed icon, click on +Add and select it to add. After you are done adding and removing, click on Done to save the changes.
Also read: Reset Quick Actions in Action Center
Where are quick actions in Windows 11?
Like Windows 10, Windows 11 does not have dedicated settings for Quick Actions in the Settings menu. You can add or remove icons from the Quick Action without opening the Settings app. To make changes and save them, open the Quick Action center on the Taskbar and click on the Pen icon.
Related read: Taskbar has disappeared from the Desktop in Windows.
