Policy

Remove All Programs list from the Start menu

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

If you enable this setting, the Start Menu will either collapse or remove the all apps list from the Start menu. Selecting "Collapse" will not display the app list next to the pinned tiles in Start. An "All apps" button will be displayed on Start to open the all apps list. This is equivalent to setting the "Show app list in Start" in Settings to Off. Selecting "Collapse and disable setting" will do the same as the collapse option and disable the "Show app list in Start menu" in Settings, so users cannot turn it to On. Selecting "Remove and disable setting" will remove the all apps list from Start and disable the "Show app list in Start menu" in Settings, so users cannot turn it to On. Select this option for compatibility with earlier versions of Windows. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the all apps list will be visible by default, and the user can change "Show app list in Start" in Settings.

Internal name
NoMoreProgramsList
Policy ID
615d4c6cf6e0
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Choose one of the following actions
ID NoMoreProgramsListDropdown
enum
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoStartMenuMorePrograms
Type REG_DWORD
Options: None (0), Collapse (3), Collapse and disable setting (2), Remove and disable setting (1)

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