Policy

Turn off Windows Location Provider

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Location and Sensors > Windows Location Provider
Supported onWindows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 only

Supported OS tags: Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2

This policy setting turns off the Windows Location Provider feature for this computer. If you enable this policy setting, the Windows Location Provider feature will be turned off, and all programs on this computer will not be able to use the Windows Location Provider feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all programs on this computer can use the Windows Location Provider feature.

Internal name
DisableWindowsLocationProvider_1
Policy ID
322b3048e169
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LocationAndSensors\DisableWindowsLocationProviderREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.