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Windows 11’s Start menu could get app categories.

A change included in a new Windows beta would sort apps by labels like “Music” and “Entertainment,” according to posts on X spotted by XDA Developers. (Windows 8.1 had a similar option.)

The change is apparently tucked away in Windows Insider Preview build 22635.3930, but requires some finagling to enable.

A screenshot showing grids of app categories, with labels like “Developer tools” and “Entertainment.”
A look at the Start menu’s app categories.
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