Policy
Prevent enabling lock screen camera
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
Disables the lock screen camera toggle switch in PC Settings and prevents a camera from being invoked on the lock screen. By default, users can enable invocation of an available camera on the lock screen. If you enable this setting, users will no longer be able to enable or disable lock screen camera access in PC Settings, and the camera cannot be invoked on the lock screen.
Internal name
CPL_Personalization_NoLockScreenCamera
Policy ID
81dabc6cb7e2
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization Value name NoLockScreenCamera | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
NoLockScreenCamera
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.