Windows 11 Group Policy settings
3,621 settings · 25H2 · 1.0 · 29 Sep 2025
- Common Open File Dialog4
- Explorer Frame Pane2
- Previous Versions6
- Allow only per user or approved shell extensions
- Disable binding directly to IPropertySetStorage without intermediate layers.
- Disable Known Folders
- Display confirmation dialog when deleting files
- Display the menu bar in File Explorer
- Do not allow Folder Options to be opened from the Options button on the View tab of the ribbon
- Do not display the Welcome Center at user logon
- Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin
- Do not request alternate credentials
- Do not track Shell shortcuts during roaming
- Hide these specified drives in My Computer
- Hides the Manage item on the File Explorer context menu
- Location where all default Library definition files for users/machines reside.
- Maximum allowed Recycle Bin size
- Maximum number of recent documents
- No Computers Near Me in Network Locations
- No Entire Network in Network Locations
- Pin Internet search sites to the "Search again" links and the Start menu
- Pin Libraries or Search Connectors to the "Search again" links and the Start menu
- Prevent access to drives from My Computer
- Prevent users from adding files to the root of their Users Files folder.
- Remove "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive"
- Remove CD Burning features
- Remove DFS tab
- Remove File Explorer's default context menu
- Remove File menu from File Explorer
- Remove Hardware tab
- Remove Search button from File Explorer
- Remove Security tab
- Remove Shared Documents from My Computer
- Remove the Search the Internet "Search again" link
- Remove UI to change keyboard navigation indicator setting
- Remove UI to change menu animation setting
- Request credentials for network installations
- Start File Explorer with ribbon minimized
- Turn off caching of thumbnail pictures
- Turn off common control and window animations
- Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box
- Turn off numerical sorting in File Explorer
- Turn off shell protocol protected mode
- Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files
- Turn off the display of snippets in Content view mode
- Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons on network folders
- Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons.
- Turn off Windows Key hotkeys
- Turn off Windows Libraries features that rely on indexed file data
- Turn on Classic Shell
Windows 11 · template release
25H2 · 1.0
Published 29 Sep 2025 · 3,621 settings · 5 releases kept
42 new settings, 29 changed, 1 removed since 24H2 · 1.0
Changed in 25H2 · 1.0 71 settings
- Configure Multiple Display Mode
- Set Cloned Monitor Preferred Resolution Source
- Absolute Max Cache Size (in GB)
- Allow export of Recall and snapshot information
- Allow Keyboard Filter in remote sessions
- Allow name-based strong mappings for certificates
- Allow Recall to be enabled
- Allow theme files from network locations
- Allow Updates in OOBE
- Allow uploads while the device is on battery while under set Battery level (percentage)
- Allowed package family names for non-admin user install
- Audit client does not support signing