Policy

Hide previous versions of files on backup location

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > File Explorer > Previous Versions
Supported onSupported Windows Vista through Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows7

This policy setting lets you hide entries in the list of previous versions of a file in which the previous version is located on backup media. Previous versions can come from the on-disk restore points or the backup media. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot see any previous versions corresponding to backup copies, and can see only previous versions corresponding to on-disk restore points. If you disable this policy setting, users can see previous versions corresponding to backup copies as well as previous versions corresponding to on-disk restore points. If you do not configure this policy setting, it is disabled by default.

Internal name
HideBackupEntries_1
Policy ID
61724d5dd1bf
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PreviousVersions\HideBackupEntriesREG_DWORD
1
0

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