Policy

Turn off image display

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 > Multimedia
Supported onAt least Internet Explorer 7.0

This policy setting specifies whether graphical images are included when pages are displayed. Sometimes, pages that contain several graphical images are displayed very slowly. If you want to display pages more quickly, you can turn off image display. If you enable this policy setting, images do not appear. The user cannot turn on image display. However, the user can still display an individual image by right-clicking the icon that represents the image and then clicking Show Picture. The "Allow the display of image download placeholders" policy setting must be disabled if this policy setting is enabled. If you disable this policy setting, images appear. The user cannot turn off image display. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can turn on or turn off image display.

Internal name
ShowPictures
Policy ID
7f36780c4ec2
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Display Inline ImagesREG_SZ
no
yes

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