Policy

Block clean-up of unused language packs

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryControl Panel > Regional and Language Options
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

This policy setting controls whether the LPRemove task will run to clean up language packs installed on a machine but are not used by any users on that machine. If you enable this policy setting, language packs that are installed as part of the system image will remain installed even if they are not used by any user on that system. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, language packs that are installed as part of the system image but are not used by any user on that system will be removed as part of a scheduled clean up task.

Internal name
BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacks
Policy ID
926d4d182e73
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\International\BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacksREG_DWORD
1
0

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