Policy
Hide the Device security area
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016
Hide the Device security area in Windows Security. Enabled: The Device security area will be hidden. Disabled: The Device security area will be shown. Not configured: Same as Disabled.
Internal name
DeviceSecurity_UILockdown
Policy ID
035e31b9a4bc
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Device security Value name UILockdown | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Device security
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.