--- 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
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✅ Enterprise
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✅ 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
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✅ 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
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✅ 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
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✅ 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
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✅ 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
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✅ 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
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✅ 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)