Policy
Disable VBA for Office applications
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting will prevent Office applications from using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). If you enable this policy setting, you will disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Office applications. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) will be enabled for Office applications. See the Office Resource Kit for more important information about configuring security settings. Note: Changing this setting will not install or remove the VBA files from the computer.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common Value name vbaoff | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.