Policy
Turn off the display of snippets in Content view mode
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting allows you to turn off the display of snippets in Content view mode. If you enable this policy setting, File Explorer will not display snippets in Content view mode. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, File Explorer shows snippets in Content view mode by default.
Internal name
HideContentViewModeSnippets
Policy ID
97b0be2736b8
Elements
0
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\Explorer Value name HideContentViewModeSnippets | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
HideContentViewModeSnippets
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.