Turn off ability to pin sites in Internet Explorer on the desktop

This policy setting allows you to manage whether users can pin sites to locations where pinning is allowed, such as the taskbar, the desktop, or File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot pin sites. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can pin sites.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Add a specific list of search providers to the user's list of search providers

  At least Internet Explorer 7.0
• User
  Add a specific list of search providers to the user's list of search providers

  At least Internet Explorer 7.0
• Computer
  Allow "Save Target As" in Internet Explorer mode

  At least Internet Explorer 11.0
• User
  Allow "Save Target As" in Internet Explorer mode

  At least Internet Explorer 11.0
• Computer
  Allow Internet Explorer 8 shutdown behavior

  At least Internet Explorer 9.0
• User
  Allow Internet Explorer 8 shutdown behavior

  At least Internet Explorer 9.0
• User
  Allow legacy functionality for Internet Shortcut files

  At least Internet Explorer 7.0
• Computer
  Allow legacy functionality for Internet Shortcut files

  At least Internet Explorer 7.0
• Computer
  Allow Microsoft services to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar

  At least Internet Explorer 11.0
• User
  Allow Microsoft services to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar

  At least Internet Explorer 11.0
• User
  Automatically activate newly installed add-ons

  At least Internet Explorer 9.0
• Computer
  Automatically activate newly installed add-ons

  At least Internet Explorer 9.0