Turn off Shortcut Menu
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Browser menus
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 5.0

This policy setting prevents the shortcut menu from appearing when a user right-clicks a webpage while using Internet Explorer. Starting with Windows 8, this policy setting only applies to Internet Explorer on the desktop. If you enable this policy setting, the shortcut menu will not appear when a user right-clicks a webpage. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can use the shortcut menu.

Internal name
NoBrowserContextMenu
Policy ID
968db1fe35d1
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
Value name
NoBrowserContextMenu
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
Value name
NoBrowserContextMenu
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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