Control whether exclusions are visible to local users
- Policy ID
- HideExclusionsFromLocalUsers
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Description
This policy setting controls whether exclusions are visible to local users on the device.
Use the policy setting HideExclusionsFromLocalAdmins to hide exclusions from both standard and administrative local users.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- HideExclusionsFromLocalUsersREG_DWORD