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2,420 settings · 5568.1000 · 10 Aug 2026

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Microsoft OneNote 2016 › OneNote Options › Versions and Recyle Bin

Days all Version History items are "safe" from pruning

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_DaysOfAllVersions

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

What it does

This policy setting allows you to specify a period of time during which OneNote maintains comprehensive version history pages. After the time specified, OneNote maintains more basic version history pages, which uses less storage space. If you enable this policy setting, OneNote maintains comprehensive version history pages for the length of time you specify, and then maintains basic version history pages once the time period expires. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, OneNote maintains comprehensive version history pages for 2 days, and then maintains basic version history pages once the time period expires.

What it writes

Hive
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions
Why it needs changes for Intune
  • Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
  • ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE

Options

OptionTypeRegistry valueAllowed values
Days backDefault: 2 Number daysofallversions 0 to 365

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

State
Options used when Enabled

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions]
"daysofallversions"=dword:00000002


PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Days all Version History items are "safe" from pruning
# Name: L_DaysOfAllVersions
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: onent16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions' -Name 'daysofallversions' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 2
  • The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
  • Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_onent16/L_DaysOfAllVersions

ADMX SyncML candidate

<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.2">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>1</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
        </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_onent16/L_DaysOfAllVersions</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="L_DaysOfAllVersionsSpinID" value="2"/&gt;</Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>
Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Days all Version History items are "safe" from pruning
# Name: L_DaysOfAllVersions
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: onent16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions' -Name 'daysofallversions' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 2
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions\daysofallversions') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Days all Version History items are "safe" from pruning
# Name: L_DaysOfAllVersions
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: onent16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions' -Name 'daysofallversions' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 2

History 1 retained release

  1. 5568.100010 Aug 2026
    • Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

Template

Internal name
L_DaysOfAllVersions
Namespace
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file
onent16.admx
Release
Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…
Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_DaysOfAllVersions)" explainText="$(string.L_DaysOfAllVersionsExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\versions" name="L_DaysOfAllVersions" presentation="$(presentation.L_DaysOfAllVersions)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_VersionsAndRecyleBin" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <decimal id="L_DaysOfAllVersionsSpinID" maxValue="365" minValue="0" valueName="daysofallversions" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_DaysOfAllVersions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <decimalTextBox defaultValue="2" refId="L_DaysOfAllVersionsSpinID" spinStep="1">Days back</decimalTextBox>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_OneNoteOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_OneNoteOptions)" name="L_OneNoteOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" />
    </category>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_VersionsAndRecyleBin
<category displayName="$(string.L_VersionsAndRecyleBin)" name="L_VersionsAndRecyleBin" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OneNoteOptions" />
    </category>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote">Microsoft OneNote 2016</string></strings>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_OneNoteOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_OneNoteOptions)" name="L_OneNoteOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OneNoteOptions">OneNote Options</string></strings>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_VersionsAndRecyleBin
<category displayName="$(string.L_VersionsAndRecyleBin)" name="L_VersionsAndRecyleBin" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OneNoteOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_VersionsAndRecyleBin">Versions and Recyle Bin</string></strings>
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