Rolling out now to Windows 11 insiders, the revamped Start menu tries to address some of the many complaints about it.

Windows 11 offers very limited customization options for the Start menu, such as changing the layout. You can use Windhawk to change the look of the Windows Start menu.

Start11 offers seven styles of Start menu to choose from, ranging from Windows 7 to multiple variations of the Windows 11 design, and you can do a lot with this setup.

In this guide, we will list down some of the best Windows 11 Start menu replacement apps that you can try out.

While Windows 11 still doesn't let you manually resize the Start menu, this new iteration does automatically adjust based on the screen size.

Windows adapts the Start menu based on your usage behavior, for example, by showing recently used programs and files. However, you can turn this feature off.

Remove the Recommended section from the Windows 11 Start menu with easy steps using Settings, PowerShell, Group Policy, or Registry Editor for a cleaner interface.

If Microsoft could make the Start menu more useful again, consider me intrigued. This new beta build also lets you turn off the Recommended section completely, listing your own apps in its place.

Windows 11 occasionally displays ads in the Start menu — and you can turn them off pretty easily.