Prevent automatic discovery of feeds and Web Slices
- Policy ID
- Disable_Feed_Discovery
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Internet Explorer 7.0
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › RSS Feeds
Description
This policy setting prevents users from having Internet Explorer automatically discover whether a feed or Web Slice is available for an associated webpage.
If you enable this policy setting, the user does not receive a notification on the toolbar that a feed or Web Slice is available.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user receives a notification when a feed or Web Slice is available and can click the feed discovery button.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- EnabledREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- EnabledREG_DWORD