Policy
Turn off phone number detection
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting determines whether phone numbers are recognized and turned into hyperlinks, which can be used to invoke the default phone application on the system. If you enable this policy setting, phone number detection is turned off. Users won't be able to modify this setting. If you disable this policy setting, phone number detection is turned on. Users won't be able to modify this setting. If you don't configure this policy setting, users can turn this behavior on or off, using Internet Explorer settings. The default is on.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FormatDetection Value name PhoneNumberEnabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.