Policy

Display options for update notifications

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Windows Update > Manage end user experience
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2019, or Windows 10 Version 1809​

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

0 (default) – Use the default Windows Update notifications 1 – Turn off all notifications, excluding restart warnings 2 – Turn off all notifications, including restart warnings This policy allows you to define what Windows Update notifications users see. This policy doesn’t control how and when updates are downloaded and installed. Important: if you choose not to get update notifications and also define other Group policy so that devices aren’t automatically getting updates, neither you nor device users will be aware of critical security, quality, or feature updates, and your devices may be at risk. If you select “Apply only during active hours” in conjunction with Option 1 or 2, then notifications will only be disabled during active hours. You can set active hours by setting “Turn off auto-restart for updates during active hours” or allow the device to set active hours based on user behavior. To ensure that the device stays secure, a notification will still be shown if this option is selected once “Specify deadlines for automatic updates and restarts” deadline has been reached if configured, regardless of active hours.

Internal name
UpdateNotificationLevel
Policy ID
2fc1e3b5c290
Elements
2

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\SetUpdateNotificationLevelREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Specify the update notifications display options :
ID UpdateNotificationLevel
enum
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\UpdateNotificationLevel
Type REG_DWORD
Options: 0 (default) – Default OS Windows Update notifications (0), 1 – Disable all notifications, excluding restart warnings (1), 2 – Disable all notifications, including restart warnings (2)
Apply only during active hours
ID NoUpdateNotificationsDuringActiveHours
boolean
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\NoUpdateNotificationsDuringActiveHours
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (), false ()
True: None · False: None

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