Delete cached copies of roaming profiles

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting determines whether Windows keeps a copy of a user's roaming profile on the local computer's hard drive when the user logs off. Roaming profiles reside on a network server. By default, when users with roaming profiles log off, the system also saves a copy of their roaming profile on the hard drive of the computer they are using in case the server that stores the roaming profile is unavailable when the user logs on again. The local copy is also used when the remote copy of the roaming user profile is slow to load. If you enable this policy setting, any local copies of the user's roaming profile are deleted when the user logs off. The roaming profile still remains on the network server that stores it. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows keeps a copy of a user's roaming profile on the local computer's hard drive when the user logs off. Important: Do not enable this policy setting if you are using the slow link detection feature. To respond to a slow link, the system requires a local copy of the user's roaming profile.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Add the Administrators security group to roaming user profiles

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
• User
  Connect home directory to root of the share

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Control slow network connection timeout for user profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Disable detection of slow network connections

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
• Computer
  Do not forcefully unload the users registry at user logoff

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Do not log users on with temporary profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Download roaming profiles on primary computers only

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Establish timeout value for dialog boxes

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Exclude directories in roaming profile

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Leave Windows Installer and Group Policy Software Installation Data

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2