Policy

Prevent restoring previous versions from backups

Windows 11 25H2

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

Supported OS tags: Windows7

This policy setting lets you suppress the Restore button in the previous versions property page when the user has selected a previous version of a local file, in which the previous version is stored on a backup. If you enable this policy setting, the Restore button is disabled when the user selects a previous version corresponding to a backup. If you disable this policy setting, the Restore button remains active for a previous version corresponding to a backup. If the Restore button is clicked, Windows attempts to restore the file from the backup media. If you do not configure this policy setting, it is disabled by default. The Restore button is active when the previous version is of a local file and stored on the backup.

Internal name
DisableBackupRestore_1
Policy ID
e9d647acfd6e
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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