Policy

Turn off phone number detection

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Settings > Advanced settings > Browsing
Supported onAt least Internet Explorer 11.0

This policy setting determines whether phone numbers are recognized and turned into hyperlinks, which can be used to invoke the default phone application on the system. If you enable this policy setting, phone number detection is turned off. Users won't be able to modify this setting. If you disable this policy setting, phone number detection is turned on. Users won't be able to modify this setting. If you don't configure this policy setting, users can turn this behavior on or off, using Internet Explorer settings. The default is on.

Internal name
TurnOffFormatDetectionPhone
Policy ID
2f76e9e6477a
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FormatDetection\PhoneNumberEnabledREG_DWORD
0
1

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