Policy

Hide the Firewall and network protection area

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Windows Security > Firewall and network protection
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1709

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

Hide the Firewall and network protection area in Windows Security. Enabled: The Firewall and network protection area will be hidden. Disabled: The Firewall and network protection area will be shown. Not configured: Same as Disabled.

Internal name
FirewallNetworkProtection_UILockdown
Policy ID
8247442e5c6a
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Firewall and network protection\UILockdownREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.