Policy

Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons.

Microsoft Windows

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Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons.
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Windows Components > File Explorer
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting allows you to configure how File Explorer displays thumbnail images or icons on the local computer. File Explorer displays thumbnail images by default. If you enable this policy setting, File Explorer displays only icons and never displays thumbnail images. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, File Explorer displays only thumbnail images.

Internal name
DisableThumbnails
Policy ID
fb26acd7b5e8
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value name
DisableThumbnails
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value name
DisableThumbnails
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.