Deleting quick access links from disconnected network drive in Explorer
Click the Quick access button (the blue star) at the top. In the right pane or the folder view, select the FTP link, press CTRL and select another item that you want to Unpin. Multi-selecting items (FTP & a normal pinned folder) and right-clicking would show the context menu options correctly. Click Unpin from Quick access. For instance, you can Pin a test folder to Quick access, and then remove the FTP and test folder both together.
This is the only fix that worked for me and possibly the easiest !
Source : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/unpin-ftp-links-stuck-quick-access-windows-10/
I tried Greg's answer and was unsuccessful. Instead, I utilized the "nuclear" option which removes all Quick Access items.
There is a simple command that clears all Quick Access and Recent items. Here are the instructions.
Warning: the following command clears all Quick Access and Recent items.
- Press
+ R to launch the Run... dialog Paste the following command into the dialog box
cmd.exe /c del "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms"Press Enter or click OK
Source.
On Windows 10, click on the icon Quick access (blue star), then right click on the dead link appearing in the "Frequent folders" panel on the right panel and choose "Unpin/Remove from Quick access". There should be no error message.