Specify idle Timeout

Policy ID
IdleTimeout
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Vista
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Windows Remote Shell

Description

This policy setting configures the maximum time in milliseconds remote shell will stay open without any user activity until it is automatically deleted.

Any value from 0 to 0x7FFFFFFF can be set. A minimum of 60000 milliseconds (1 minute) is used for smaller values.

If you enable this policy setting, the server will wait for the specified amount of time since the last received message from the client before terminating the open shell.

If you do not configure or disable this policy setting, the default value of 900000 or 15 min will be used.

Options

  • IdleTimeout

Registry

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