Policy

Allow uninstallation of language features when a language is uninstalled

Microsoft Windows

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Allow uninstallation of language features when a language is uninstalled
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Text Input
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

When this policy setting is enabled, some language features (such as handwriting recognizers and spell checking dictionaries) included with a language can be uninstalled from a user’s machine when the language is uninstalled. The language can be reinstalled with a different selection of included language features if needed. When this policy setting is disabled, language features remain on the user’s machine when the language is uninstalled.

Internal name
AllowLanguageFeaturesUninstall
Policy ID
c4668500d418
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\TextInput
Value name
AllowLanguageFeaturesUninstall
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\TextInput
Value name
AllowLanguageFeaturesUninstall
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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