Policy

Remove the Security and Maintenance icon

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 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to remove Security and Maintenance from the system control area. If you enable this policy setting, the Security and Maintenance icon is not displayed in the system notification area. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Security and Maintenance icon is displayed in the system notification area.

Internal name
HideSCAHealth
Policy ID
e5f509923332
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\HideSCAHealthREG_DWORD
1
0

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