Policy
Show or hide "Most used" list from Start menu
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016
If you enable this policy setting, you can configure Start menu to show or hide the list of user's most used apps, regardless of user settings. Selecting "Show" will force the "Most used" list to be shown, and user cannot change to hide it using the Settings app. Selecting "Hide" will force the "Most used" list to be hidden, and user cannot change to show it using the Settings app. Selecting "Not Configured", or if you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all will allow users to turn on or off the display of "Most used" list using the Settings app. This is default behavior. Note: configuring this policy to "Show" or "Hide" on supported versions of Windows 10 will supercede any policy setting of "Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu" (which manages same part of Start menu but with fewer options).
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Choose one of the following actions ID ShowOrHideMostUsedAppsDropdown | enum | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer Value name ShowOrHideMostUsedApps Type REG_DWORD | Options: Not Configured (0), Show (1), Hide (2) |