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How to Remove File Association Windows 10
To remove file type association in Windows 10, you can go to modify Windows Registry. Here is a simple guide and you can refer to it to remove file type association of the file extension you want.
- Press Windows + R to open Run window.
- Input regedit and click OK button to launch Registry Editor.
- Copy-paste the following path to the address bar and press Enter: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.
- Under FileExts key, find the file extension you want to remove file association for.
- Right click on the FileExtension on the left side of the screen, choose Export. Save as something like "file ext java.reg" (use the .reg extension).
- Right-click the file extension on the left side of the screen and choose Delete.
- To reverse the delete, double-click the file you saved.