Policy
Hide the PII Removed Warning Bar
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls whether the yellow Warning Bar is displayed when opening a file in Word where personally identifiable information (PII) has been removed. If you enable this policy setting, the Warning Bar will not appear when users open a file in which PII was removed. If you disable this policy setting, the Warning Bar will appear when users open a file in which PII was removed. This is the default behavior. If you do not configure this policy setting, the Warning Bar will appear when users open a file in which PII was removed. This is the default behavior.
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\word\options Value name hidepiiremovedwarningbar | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.