Require special characters
- Policy ID
- MSPassport_SpecialCharacters
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 10
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › PIN Complexity
Description
Use this policy setting to configure the use of special characters in the PIN. Allowable special characters are: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ .
If you enable this policy setting, Windows requires the user to include at least one special character in their PIN.
If you disable this policy setting, Windows does not allow the user to include special characters in their PIN.
If you do not configure this policy setting, Windows allows, but does not require, special characters in the PIN.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SpecialCharactersREG_DWORD