Policy
Windows Defender Firewall: Prohibit notifications
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP
Prevents Windows Defender Firewall from displaying notifications to the user when a program requests that Windows Defender Firewall add the program to the program exceptions list. If you enable this policy setting, Windows Defender Firewall prevents the display of these notifications. If you disable this policy setting, Windows Defender Firewall allows the display of these notifications. In the Windows Defender Firewall component of Control Panel, the "Notify me when Windows Defender Firewall blocks a new program" check box is selected and administrators cannot clear it. If you do not configure this policy setting, Windows Defender Firewall behaves as if the policy setting were disabled, except that in the Windows Defender Firewall component of Control Panel, the "Notify me when Windows Defender Firewall blocks a new program" check box is selected by default, and administrators can change it.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile Value name DisableNotifications | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.