Turn off PDF encryption setting UI
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User
Category
Microsoft Office 2016 > Security Settings
Supported on
Windows7

This policy setting allows you to turn off the PDF encryption setting UI. If you enable this policy setting, the PDF encryption UI is hidden. If your organization has a higher requirement on encryption than what is supported, the recommendation is to enable this policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the PDF encryption UI is shown, and users may choose to encrypt the PDF file or not.

Internal name
L_TurnOffPDFEncryptionSettingUI
Policy ID
334b96d72477
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\fixedformat
Value name
enableencryption
REG_DWORD
HKCU
0
HKCU
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\fixedformat
Value name
enableencryption
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

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