Policy
Turn off ability to pin sites in Internet Explorer on the desktop
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to manage whether users can pin sites to locations where pinning is allowed, such as the taskbar, the desktop, or File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot pin sites. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can pin sites.
Internal name
TurnOffPinnedSites
Policy ID
4766075bcad9
Elements
0
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 Value name DisableAddSiteMode | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name
DisableAddSiteMode
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
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.