Prevent enabling lock screen camera
- Policy ID
- CPL_Personalization_NoLockScreenCamera
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Control Panel › Personalization
Description
Disables the lock screen camera toggle switch in PC Settings and prevents a camera from being invoked on the lock screen.
By default, users can enable invocation of an available camera on the lock screen.
If you enable this setting, users will no longer be able to enable or disable lock screen camera access in PC Settings, and the camera cannot be invoked on the lock screen.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- NoLockScreenCamera-