Turn off phone number detection
- Policy ID
- TurnOffFormatDetectionPhone
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Internet Explorer 11.0
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Internet Explorer › Internet Settings › Advanced settings › Browsing
Description
This policy setting determines whether phone numbers are recognized and turned into hyperlinks, which can be used to invoke the default phone application on the system.
If you enable this policy setting, phone number detection is turned off. Users won't be able to modify this setting.
If you disable this policy setting, phone number detection is turned on. Users won't be able to modify this setting.
If you don't configure this policy setting, users can turn this behavior on or off, using Internet Explorer settings. The default is on.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- PhoneNumberEnabledREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- PhoneNumberEnabledREG_DWORD