Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryMicrosoft Office 2016 > Global Options > Customize
Supported onWindows7

This policy setting can prevent users from making any Quick Access Toolbar and the Ribbon customizations. This includes customizations made through user interface (UI) entry points, or loaded from documents or templates. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to customize the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon through either the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon tabs in the application's Office Center dialog box, or the right-click menu on the Ribbon. In addition, Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations originating from documents or templates will not be loaded when these documents are opened. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can make Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations through the UI, as well as load them from documents and templates.

Internal name
L_NoUserCustomizationPolicy
Policy ID
267d5ab8b255
Elements
12

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Disallow in Word
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyWord
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\word\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in Excel
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyExcel
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\excel\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in PowerPoint
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyPowerPoint
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\powerpoint\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in Access
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyAccess
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\access\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in Outlook
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyOutlook
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\outlook\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in SharePoint Designer
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicySPD
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\sharepoint designer\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in Publisher
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyPublisher
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\publisher\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in Project
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyProject
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\project\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in Visio
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyVisio
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\visio\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in OneNote
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyOneNote
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\onenote\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in InfoPath
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicyInfoPath
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\infopath\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Disallow in SharePoint Workspace
ID L_NoUserCustomizationPolicySPW
boolean
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\groove\nousercustomization
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0

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