Policy

Show or hide "Most used" list from Start menu

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 2106

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

If you enable this policy setting, you can configure Start menu to show or hide the list of user's most used apps, regardless of user settings. Selecting "Show" will force the "Most used" list to be shown, and user cannot change to hide it using the Settings app. Selecting "Hide" will force the "Most used" list to be hidden, and user cannot change to show it using the Settings app. Selecting "Not Configured", or if you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all will allow users to turn on or off the display of "Most used" list using the Settings app. This is default behavior. Note: configuring this policy to "Show" or "Hide" on supported versions of Windows 10 will supercede any policy setting of "Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu" (which manages same part of Start menu but with fewer options).

Internal name
ShowOrHideMostUsedApps
Policy ID
e2df5b367888
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

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ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Choose one of the following actions
ID ShowOrHideMostUsedAppsDropdown
enum
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\ShowOrHideMostUsedApps
Type REG_DWORD
Options: Not Configured (0), Show (1), Hide (2)

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