Policy
Turn on cloud candidate
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting controls the cloud candidates feature, which uses an online service to provide input suggestions that don't exist in a PC's local dictionary. If you enable this policy setting, the functionality associated with this feature is turned on, the user's keyboard input is sent to Microsoft to generate the suggestions, and the user won't be able to turn it off. If you disable this policy setting, the functionality associated with this feature is turned off, and the user won't be able to turn it on. If you don't configure this policy setting, it will be turned off by default, and the user can turn on and turn off the cloud candidates feature. This Policy setting applies to Microsoft CHS Pinyin IME and JPN IME.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\InputMethod\Settings\Shared Value name Enable Cloud Candidate | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.