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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Client Interface
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 whether or not to display AM UI to the users. If you enable this setting AM UI won't be available to users.

Internal name
UX_Configuration_UILockdown
Policy ID
4fe048f7ab78
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\UX Configuration
Value name
UILockdown
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\UX Configuration
Value name
UILockdown
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.