But sometimes these thumbnails cause problems that might get very irritating so in this guide we are going to discuss how to disable thumbnail previews permanently in windows 10 / 8.1 / 7.
How to Disable Thumbnail Previews in Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7
Go to My Computer or This PC and then click on view.
Inside the view menu, click on options, and then select “Change folder and search options.”
Inside folder options again click on the view tab.
Tick mark the option “Always show icons, never thumbnails.”
That’s it you have successfully disabled thumbnails and now you will see something like this:
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Disabling thumbnails helps in improving the performance of the system and if there’s a lot of thumbnails in a folder, it takes time to load each one. Disabling thumbnails on an older/slow computer is a good idea as it helps you navigate through OS more quickly. That’s it, you have successfully learned how to disable thumbnail previews in Windows 10.
