Policy
Hide option to enable or disable updates
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to hide the user interface (UI) options to enable or disable Office automatic updates from users. These options are found in the Product Information area of all Office applications installed via Click-to-Run. This policy setting has no effect on Office applications installed via Windows Installer. If you enable this policy setting, the Enable Update and Disable Updates options in the UI are hidden from users. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Enable Update and Disable Updates options are visible, and users can enable or disable Office automatic updates from the UI.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate\hideenabledisableupdates | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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