Policy

Turn on cloud candidate

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

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ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > IME
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting controls the cloud candidates feature, which uses an online service to provide input suggestions that don't exist in a PC's local dictionary. If you enable this policy setting, the functionality associated with this feature is turned on, the user's keyboard input is sent to Microsoft to generate the suggestions, and the user won't be able to turn it off. If you disable this policy setting, the functionality associated with this feature is turned off, and the user won't be able to turn it on. If you don't configure this policy setting, it will be turned off by default, and the user can turn on and turn off the cloud candidates feature. This Policy setting applies to Microsoft CHS Pinyin IME and JPN IME.

Internal name
L_TurnOnCloudCandidate
Policy ID
95d4450bea5d
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\InputMethod\Settings\Shared\Enable Cloud CandidateREG_DWORD
1
0

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