---
title: Settings Policy CSP
description: Learn more about the Settings Area in Policy CSP.
ms.date: 01/18/2024
---
# Policy CSP - Settings
## AllowAutoPlay
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowAutoPlay
```
Allows the user to change Auto Play settings.
> [!NOTE]
> Setting this policy to 0 (Not allowed) doesn't affect the autoplay dialog box that appears when a device is connected.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowDataSense
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowDataSense
```
Allows the user to change Data Sense settings.
> [!NOTE]
> The AllowDataSense policy isn't supported on Windows 10, version 2004 and later.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowDateTime
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowDateTime
```
Allows the user to change date and time settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowEditDeviceName
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1607 [10.0.14393] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowEditDeviceName
```
Allows the user to edit the device name.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowLanguage
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowLanguage
```
Allows the user to change the language settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowOnlineTips
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowOnlineTips
```
Enables or disables the retrieval of online tips and help for the Settings app.
If disabled, Settings won't contact Microsoft content services to retrieve tips and help content.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
**Group policy mapping**:
| Name | Value |
|:--|:--|
| Name | AllowOnlineTips |
| Friendly Name | Allow Online Tips |
| Element Name | Allow Settings to retrieve online tips. |
| Location | Computer Configuration |
| Path | Control Panel |
| Registry Key Name | Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer |
| ADMX File Name | ControlPanel.admx |
## AllowPowerSleep
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowPowerSleep
```
Allows the user to change power and sleep settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowRegion
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowRegion
```
Allows the user to change the region settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowSignInOptions
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowSignInOptions
```
Allows the user to change sign-in options.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowVPN
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowVPN
```
Allows the user to change VPN settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowWorkplace
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowWorkplace
```
Allows user to change workplace settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## AllowYourAccount
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
❌ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later |
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/AllowYourAccount
```
Allows user to change account settings.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 1 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 | Not allowed. |
| 1 (Default) | Allowed. |
## ConfigureTaskbarCalendar
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ❌ Device
✅ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1703 [10.0.15063] and later |
```User
./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/ConfigureTaskbarCalendar
```
By default, the calendar is set according to the locale of the operating system, and users can show an additional calendar. For zh-CN and zh-SG locales, an additional calendar shows the lunar month and date and holiday names in Simplified Chinese (Lunar) by default. For zh-TW, zh-HK, and zh-MO locales, an additional calendar shows the lunar month and date and holiday names in Traditional Chinese (Lunar) by default.
- If you enable this policy setting, users can show an additional calendar in either Simplified Chinese (Lunar) or Traditional Chinese (Lunar), regardless of the locale.
- If you disable this policy setting, users can't show an additional calendar, regardless of the locale.
- If you don't configure this policy setting, the calendar will be set according to the default logic.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `int` |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
| Default Value | 0 |
**Allowed values**:
| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|
| 0 (Default) | User will be allowed to configure the setting. |
| 1 | Don't show additional calendars. |
| 2 | Simplified Chinese (Lunar). |
| 3 | Traditional Chinese (Lunar). |
**Group policy mapping**:
| Name | Value |
|:--|:--|
| Name | ConfigureTaskbarCalendar |
| Friendly Name | Show additional calendar |
| Location | User Configuration |
| Path | Start Menu and Taskbar |
| Registry Key Name | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Settings |
| Registry Value Name | AllowConfigureTaskbarCalendar |
| ADMX File Name | Taskbar.admx |
## PageVisibilityList
| Scope | Editions | Applicable OS |
|:--|:--|:--|
| ✅ Device
✅ User | ✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC | ✅ Windows 10, version 1703 [10.0.15063] and later |
```User
./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/PageVisibilityList
```
```Device
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Settings/PageVisibilityList
```
Specifies the list of pages to show or hide from the System Settings app.
This policy allows an administrator to block a given set of pages from the System Settings app. Blocked pages won't be visible in the app, and if all pages in a category are blocked the category will be hidden as well. Direct navigation to a blocked page via URI, context menu in Explorer or other means will result in the front page of Settings being shown instead.
This policy has two modes: it can either specify a list of settings pages to show or a list of pages to hide. To specify a list of pages to show, the policy string must begin with "showonly:" (without quotes), and to specify a list of pages to hide, it must begin with "hide:". If a page in a showonly list would normally be hidden for other reasons (such as a missing hardware device), this policy won't force that page to appear. After this, the policy string must contain a semicolon-delimited list of settings page identifiers. The identifier for any given settings page is the published URI for that page, minus the "ms-settings:" protocol part.
Example: to specify that only the About and Bluetooth pages should be shown (their respective URIs are ms-settings:about and ms-settings:bluetooth) and all other pages hidden:
showonly:about;bluetooth.
Example: to specify that only the Bluetooth page (which has URI ms-settings:bluetooth) should be hidden:
hide:bluetooth.
For more information on the URI reference scheme used for the various pages of the System Settings app, see [ms-settings: URI scheme reference](/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-settings-app#ms-settings-uri-scheme-reference).
> [!WARNING]
> In Windows 11, version 22H2 and later, when you configure this policy to hide any pages that contain `quietmoments` in the URI (for example, `ms-settings:quietmomentsgame`), the Notifications page under System category is hidden.
To validate this policy, use the following steps:
1. In the Settings app, open **System** and verify that the **About** page is visible and accessible.
2. Configure this policy with the following string: `hide:about`.
3. Open **System** settings again and verify that the **About** page is hidden.
**Description framework properties**:
| Property name | Property value |
|:--|:--|
| Format | `chr` (string) |
| Access Type | Add, Delete, Get, Replace |
**Group policy mapping**:
| Name | Value |
|:--|:--|
| Name | SettingsPageVisibility |
| Friendly Name | Settings Page Visibility |
| Element Name | Settings Page Visibility. |
| Location | Computer and User Configuration |
| Path | Control Panel |
| Registry Key Name | Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer |
| ADMX File Name | ControlPanel.admx |
**Example 1**: Only the wifi and bluetooth pages should be shown. They have URIs `ms-settings:network-wifi` and `ms-settings:bluetooth`. All other pages (and the categories they're in) will be hidden:
`showonly:network-wifi;bluetooth`
**Example 2**: The wifi page shouldn't be shown:
`hide:network-wifi`
**Example 3**: Allow access only to the **about** and **bluetooth** pages, which have URI "ms-settings:about" and "ms-settings:bluetooth" respectively:
`showonly:about;bluetooth`
## Related articles
[Policy configuration service provider](policy-configuration-service-provider.md)