Policy
Turn off Spotlight collection on Desktop
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT
This policy setting removes the Spotlight collection setting in Personalization, rendering the user unable to select and subsequentyly download daily images from Microsoft to desktop. If you enable this policy, "Spotlight collection" will not be available as an option in Personalization settings. If you disable or do not configure this policy, "Spotlight collection" will appear as an option in Personalization settings, allowing the user to select "Spotlight collection" as the Desktop provider and display daily images from Microsoft on the desktop.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent Value name DisableSpotlightCollectionOnDesktop | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.