Prevent users from uninstalling applications from Start
- Policy ID
- NoUninstallFromStart
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar
Description
If you enable this setting, users cannot uninstall apps from Start.
If you disable this setting or do not configure it, users can access the uninstall command from Start
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- NoUninstallFromStartREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoUninstallFromStartREG_DWORD