Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Cloud Content
Supported on
At least Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT

This policy setting turns off experiences that help consumers make the most of their devices and Microsoft account. If you enable this policy setting, users will no longer see personalized recommendations from Microsoft and notifications about their Microsoft account. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users may see suggestions from Microsoft and notifications about their Microsoft account. Note: This setting only applies to Enterprise and Education SKUs.

Internal name
DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures
Policy ID
6753c05538b3
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.