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| Policy CSP - Experience | Learn how to use the Policy CSP - Experience setting to allow history of clipboard items to be stored in memory. | vinpa | article | windows-client | itpro-manage | vinaypamnani-msft | medium | 11/02/2020 | aaroncz |
Policy CSP - Experience
Experience policies
- Experience/AllowClipboardHistory
- Experience/AllowCortana
- Experience/AllowDeviceDiscovery
- Experience/AllowFindMyDevice
- Experience/AllowManualMDMUnenrollment
- Experience/AllowSaveAsOfOfficeFiles
- Experience/AllowScreenCapture
- Experience/AllowSharingOfOfficeFiles
- Experience/AllowSIMErrorDialogPromptWhenNoSIM
- Experience/AllowSyncMySettings
- Experience/AllowSpotlightCollection
- Experience/AllowTailoredExperiencesWithDiagnosticData
- Experience/AllowThirdPartySuggestionsInWindowsSpotlight
- Experience/AllowWindowsConsumerFeatures
- Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlight
- Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter
- Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlightOnSettings
- Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience
- Experience/AllowWindowsTips
- Experience/ConfigureChatIcon
- Experience/ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen
- Experience/DisableCloudOptimizedContent
- Experience/DoNotShowFeedbackNotifications
- Experience/DoNotSyncBrowserSettings
- Experience/PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing
- Experience/ShowLockOnUserTile
Experience/AllowClipboardHistory
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Allows history of clipboard items to be stored in memory.
Supported value type is integer. Supported values are:
- 0 - Not allowed
- 1 - Allowed (default)
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Allow Clipboard History
- GP name: AllowClipboardHistory
- GP path: System/OS Policies
- GP ADMX file name: OSPolicy.admx
Validation procedure
- Configure Experiences/AllowClipboardHistory to 0.
- Open Notepad (or any editor app), select a text, and copy it to the clipboard.
- Press Win+V to open the clipboard history UI.
- You shouldn't see any clipboard item including current item you copied.
- The setting under Settings App->System->Clipboard should be grayed out with policy warning.
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Specifies whether Cortana is allowed on the device. If you enable or don’t configure this setting, Cortana is allowed on the device. If you disable this setting, Cortana is turned off. When Cortana is off, users will still be able to use search to find items on the device.
Most restricted value is 0.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Allow Cortana
- GP name: AllowCortana
- GP path: Windows Components/Search
- GP ADMX file name: Search.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
Experience/AllowDeviceDiscovery
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Allows users to turn on/off device discovery UX.
When set to 0, the projection pane is disabled. The Win+P and Win+K shortcut keys won't work on.
Most restricted value is 0.
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
This policy turns on Find My Device.
When Find My Device is on, the device and its location are registered in the cloud so that the device can be located when the user initiates a Find command from account.microsoft.com. In Windows 10, version 1709 devices that are compatible with active digitizers, enabling Find My Device will also allow the user to view the last location of use of their active digitizer on their device; this location is stored locally on the user's device after each use of their active digitizer.
When Find My Device is off, the device and its location aren't registered, and the Find My Device feature won't work. In Windows 10, version 1709 the user won't be able to view the location of the last use of their active digitizer on their device.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn On/Off Find My Device
- GP name: FindMy_AllowFindMyDeviceConfig
- GP path: Windows Components/Find My Device
- GP ADMX file name: FindMy.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
Experience/AllowManualMDMUnenrollment
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Specifies whether to allow the user to delete the workplace account using the workplace control panel. If the device is Azure Active Directory-joined and MDM enrolled (for example, auto-enrolled), then disabling the MDM unenrollment has no effect.
Note
The MDM server can always remotely delete the account.
Most restricted value is 0.
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
Experience/AllowSaveAsOfOfficeFiles
This policy is deprecated.
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Describe what values are supported in by this policy and meaning of each value is default value.
Experience/AllowSharingOfOfficeFiles
This policy is deprecated.
Experience/AllowSIMErrorDialogPromptWhenNoSIM
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Describes what values are supported in by this policy and meaning of each value is default value.
Experience/AllowSyncMySettings
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Allows or disallows all Windows sync settings on the device. For information about what settings are sync'ed, see About sync setting on Windows 10 devices.
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Sync settings aren't allowed.
- 1 (default) – Sync settings allowed.
Experience/AllowSpotlightCollection
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | No | Yes |
| Education | No | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
This policy allows spotlight collection on the device.
- If you enable this policy, "Spotlight collection" will not be available as an option in Personalization settings.
- If you disable or do not configure this policy, "Spotlight collection" will appear as an option in Personalization settings, allowing the user to select "Spotlight collection" as the Desktop provider and display daily images from Microsoft on the desktop.
The following list shows the supported values:
- When set to 0: Spotlight collection will not show as an option in Personalization Settings and therefore be unavailable on Desktop
- When set to 1: Spotlight collection will show as an option in Personalization Settings and therefore be available on Desktop, allowing Desktop to refresh for daily images from Microsoft
- Default value: 1
Experience/AllowTailoredExperiencesWithDiagnosticData
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
This policy allows you to prevent Windows from using diagnostic data to provide customized experiences to the user. If you enable this policy setting, Windows won't use diagnostic data from this device to customize content shown on the lock screen, Windows tips, Microsoft consumer features, or other related features. If these features are enabled, users will still see recommendations, tips and offers, but they may be less relevant. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, Microsoft will use diagnostic data to provide personalized recommendations, tips, and offers to tailor Windows for the user's needs and make it work better for them.
Diagnostic data can include browser, app and feature usage, depending on the "Diagnostic and usage data" setting value.
Note
This setting doesn't control Cortana customized experiences because there are separate policies to configure it.
Most restricted value is 0.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences
- GP name: DisableTailoredExperiencesWithDiagnosticData
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
Experience/AllowThirdPartySuggestionsInWindowsSpotlight
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
Note
This policy is only available for Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Windows 10 Education.
Specifies whether to allow app and content suggestions from third-party software publishers in Windows spotlight features like lock screen spotlight, suggested apps in the Start menu, and Windows tips. Users may still see suggestions for Microsoft features, apps, and services.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Do not suggest third-party content in Windows spotlight
- GP name: DisableThirdPartySuggestions
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Third-party suggestions not allowed.
- 1 (default) – Third-party suggestions allowed.
Experience/AllowWindowsConsumerFeatures
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Note
Prior to Windows 10, version 1803, this policy had User scope.
This policy allows IT admins to turn on experiences that are typically for consumers only, such as Start suggestions, Membership notifications, Post-OOBE app install and redirect tiles.
Most restricted value is 0.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences
- GP name: DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 – Allowed
Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlight
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
Note
This policy is only available for Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.
Specifies whether to turn off all Windows spotlight features at once. If you enable this policy setting, Windows spotlight on lock screen, Windows Tips, Microsoft consumer features, and other related features will be turned off. You should enable this policy setting, if your goal is to minimize network traffic from target devices. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, Windows spotlight features are allowed and may be controlled individually using their corresponding policy settings.
Most restricted value is 0.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn off all Windows spotlight features
- GP name: DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
This policy allows administrators to prevent Windows spotlight notifications from being displayed in the Action Center. If you enable this policy, Windows spotlight notifications will no longer be displayed in the Action Center. If you disable or don't configure this policy, Microsoft may display notifications in the Action Center that will suggest apps or features to help users be more productive on Windows.
Most restricted value is 0.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn off Windows Spotlight on Action Center
- GP name: DisableWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlightOnSettings
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
This policy allows IT admins to turn off Suggestions in Settings app. These suggestions from Microsoft may show after each OS clean install, upgrade or an on-going basis to help users discover apps/features on Windows or across devices, to make their experience productive.
- User setting is under Settings -> Privacy -> General -> Show me suggested content in Settings app.
- User Setting is changeable on a per user basis.
- If the Group policy is set to off, no suggestions will be shown to the user in Settings app.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn off Windows Spotlight on Settings
- GP name: DisableWindowsSpotlightOnSettings
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 - Not allowed
- 1 - Allowed
Experience/AllowWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
This policy setting lets you turn off the Windows spotlight, and Windows welcome experience feature. The Windows welcome experience feature introduces onboard users to Windows; for example, launching Microsoft Edge with a webpage that highlights new features. If you enable this policy, the Windows welcome experience will no longer be displayed when there are updates and changes to Windows and its apps. If you disable or don't configure this policy, the Windows welcome experience will be launched to inform onboard users about what's new, changed, and suggested.
Most restricted value is 0.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn off the Windows Welcome Experience
- GP name: DisableWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Not allowed
- 1 (default) – Allowed
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Enables or disables Windows Tips / soft landing.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Do not show Windows tips
- GP name: DisableSoftLanding
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – Disabled
- 1 (default) – Enabled
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | No | Yes |
| Enterprise | No | Yes |
| Education | No | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Machine
This policy setting allows you to configure the Chat icon on the taskbar.
The values for this policy are 0, 1, 2, and 3. This policy defaults to 0, if not enabled.
- 0 - Not Configured: The Chat icon will be configured according to the defaults for your Windows edition.
- 1 - Show: The Chat icon will be displayed on the taskbar by default. Users can show or hide it in Settings.
- 2 - Hide: The Chat icon will be hidden by default. Users can show or hide it in Settings.
- 3 - Disabled: The Chat icon won't be displayed, and users can't show or hide it in Settings.
Note
Option 1 (Show) and Option 2 (Hide) only work on the first sign-in attempt. Option 3 (Disabled) works on all attempts.
Experience/ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- User
Note
This policy is only available for Windows 10 Enterprise, and Windows 10 Education.
Allows IT admins to specify, whether spotlight should be used on the user's lock screen. If your organization doesn't have an Enterprise spotlight content service, then this policy will behave the same as a setting of 1.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Configure Windows spotlight on lock screen
- GP name: ConfigureWindowsSpotlight
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 – None.
- 1 (default) – Windows spotlight enabled.
- 2 – placeholder only for future extension. Using this value has no effect.
Experience/DisableCloudOptimizedContent
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Yes | Yes |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
This policy setting lets you turn off cloud optimized content in all Windows experiences.
If you enable this policy setting, Windows experiences that use the cloud optimized content client component will present the default fallback content.
If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, Windows experiences will be able to use cloud optimized content.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Turn off cloud optimized content
- GP name: DisableCloudOptimizedContent
- GP path: Windows Components/Cloud Content
- GP ADMX file name: CloudContent.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 (default) – Disabled
- 1 – Enabled
Experience/DoNotShowFeedbackNotifications
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes |
| Windows SE | No | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Prevents devices from showing feedback questions from Microsoft.
If you enable this policy setting, users will no longer see feedback notifications through the Feedback hub app. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, users may see notifications through the Feedback hub app asking users for feedback.
If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, users can control how often they receive feedback questions.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Do not show feedback notifications
- GP name: DoNotShowFeedbackNotifications
- GP path: Data Collection and Preview Builds
- GP ADMX file name: FeedbackNotifications.admx
The following list shows the supported values:
- 0 (default) – Feedback notifications aren't disabled. The actual state of feedback notifications on the device will then depend on what GP has configured or what the user has configured locally.
- 1 – Feedback notifications are disabled.
Experience/DoNotSyncBrowserSettings
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
[!INCLUDE do-not-sync-browser-settings-shortdesc]
Related policy: PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Do not sync browser settings
- GP name: DisableWebBrowserSettingSync
- GP path: Windows Components/Sync your settings
- GP ADMX file name: SettingSync.admx
Supported values:
- 0 (default) - Allowed/turned on. The "browser" group synchronizes automatically between users' devices and lets users make changes.
- 2 - Prevented/turned off. The "browser" group doesn't use the Sync your Settings option.
Sync the browser settings automatically
Set both DoNotSyncBrowserSettings and PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing to 0 (Allowed/turned on).
Prevent syncing of browser settings and prevent users from turning it on
- Set DoNotSyncBrowserSettings to 2 (Prevented/turned off).
- Set PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing to 1 (Prevented/turned off).
Prevent syncing of browser settings and let users turn on syncing
- Set DoNotSyncBrowserSettings to 2 (Prevented/turned off).
- Set PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing to 0 (Allowed/turned on).
Turn syncing off by default but don’t disable
Set DoNotSyncBrowserSettings to 2 (Prevented/turned off) and select the Allow users to turn “browser” syncing option.
Experience/PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | No | No |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
[!INCLUDE prevent-users-to-turn-on-browser-syncing-shortdesc]
Related policy: DoNotSyncBrowserSettings
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Prevent users from turning on browser syncing
- GP name: PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing
- GP path: Windows Components/Sync your settings
- GP ADMX file name: SettingSync.admx
Supported values:
- 0 - Allowed/turned on. Users can sync the browser settings.
- 1 (default) - Prevented/turned off.
Sync the browser settings automatically
Set both DoNotSyncBrowserSettings and PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing to 0 (Allowed/turned on).
Prevent syncing of browser settings and prevent users from turning it on
- Set DoNotSyncBrowserSettings to 2 (Prevented/turned off).
- Set PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing to 1 (Prevented/turned off).
Prevent syncing of browser settings and let users turn on syncing
- Set DoNotSyncBrowserSettings to 2 (Prevented/turned off).
- Set PreventUsersFromTurningOnBrowserSyncing to 0 (Allowed/turned on).
Validation procedure:
- Select More > Settings.
- See, if the setting is enabled or disabled based on your selection.
| Edition | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | No | No |
| Pro | No | No |
| Windows SE | No | No |
| Business | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes |
[!div class = "checklist"]
- Device
Shows or hides lock from the user tile menu.
If you enable this policy setting, the lock option is shown in the User Tile menu.
If you disable this policy setting, the lock option is never shown in the User Tile menu.
If you don't configure this policy setting, the lock option is shown in the User Tile menu. Users can choose, if they want to show the lock in the user tile menu from the Power Options control panel.
ADMX Info:
- GP Friendly name: Show lock in the user tile menu
- GP name: ShowLockOption
- GP path: File Explorer
- GP ADMX file name: WindowsExplorer.admx
Supported values:
- false - The lock option isn't displayed in the User Tile menu.
- true (default) - The lock option is displayed in the User Tile menu.