Policy

Remove "Work offline" command

Microsoft Windows

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Remove "Work offline" command
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network > Offline Files
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting removes the "Work offline" command from Explorer, preventing users from manually changing whether Offline Files is in online mode or offline mode. If you enable this policy setting, the "Work offline" command is not displayed in File Explorer. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the "Work offline" command is displayed in File Explorer.

Internal name
Pol_WorkOfflineDisabled_2
Policy ID
2b528a2b5a2d
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetCache
Value name
WorkOfflineDisabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetCache
Value name
WorkOfflineDisabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.