Policy
Turn off account notifications in Start
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10RT, Windows11
This policy allows you to prevent Windows from displaying notifications to Microsoft account (MSA) and local users in Start (user tile). Notifications include getting users to: reauthenticate; backup their device; manage cloud storage quotas as well as manage their Microsoft 365 or XBOX subscription. If you enable this policy setting, Windows will not send account related notifications for local and MSA users to the user tile in Start. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows will send account related notifications for local and MSA users to the user tile in Start. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications\DisableAccountNotifications | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.