How to delete Recent Colors History in Windows 11

Windows 11/10 has a lot of options and flexibility in changing the title bar color and other color schemes. To change the title bar color, Windows borders, Action center color, you have visit Settings >  Personalization > Colors page. When you use a color, it is saved under Recent colors. If you want to delete this Recent colors history in Windows 11/10, you can follow this tutorial.

Before getting started, it is recommended to create a System Restore point and backup Registry files to be on the safe side.

Delete Recent colors history in Windows 11/10

To delete Recent colors history in Windows 11/10 using Registry, follow these steps-

Open the Registry Editor first. For that, press Win+R, type regedit, and hit the Enter button. You need to click the Yes button on the User Account Control popup. Following that, navigate to this path-

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\Colors

After clicking the Colors key on your left-hand side, you will find some values like these-

• ColorHistory0
• ColorHistory1
• ColorHistory2
• ColorHistory3
• ColorHistory4

These are the five colors that appear under the Recent colors heading in the Colors section. For your information, the ColorHistory0 represents the currently set color.

You need to delete these values. If you want to remove all five colors from the history, you can select all values in the Registry Editor, right-click on them, and select Delete.

However, if you want to remove one color or so, you need to select the specific value in the Registry Editor and delete that one only.

Using PowerShell

You can also use PowerShell to delete Recent colors history in Windows 11/10.

Open PowerShell (Admin) and execute the following command:

Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\Colors" -Name *

After deleting, the Recent colors history section will be filled with the default set of colors.

That’s it!

How do I reset Colors in Windows?

To reset color settings in Windows, right-click on the desktop and select “Personalize.” Go to “Colors” in the left panel. Scroll down and click on “Reset to default” to restore the original color scheme. This ensures your display settings return to Windows’ default configuration.