Policy

Do not sync on metered connections

Microsoft Windows

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Do not sync on metered connections
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Sync your settings
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Prevent syncing to and from this PC when on metered Internet connections. This turns off and disables "sync your settings on metered connections" switch on the "sync your settings" page in PC Settings. If you enable this policy setting, syncing on metered connections will be turned off, and no syncing will take place when this PC is on a metered connection. If you do not set or disable this setting, syncing on metered connections is configurable by the user.

Internal name
DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork
Policy ID
c7b9462a86aa
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync
Value name
DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync
Value name
DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork
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.