Control Blogging: registry value disableblogUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog

Policy ID: L_ControlBlogging
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Office 2016 › Miscellaneous

Registry

disableblog

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: -

Options
Item	Stored value
Enabled	0
Only SharePoint blogs allowed	1
All blogging disabled	2

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"disableblog"=dword:00000000
; Only SharePoint blogs allowed
"disableblog"=dword:00000001
; All blogging disabled
"disableblog"=dword:00000002

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog" /v "disableblog" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Only SharePoint blogs allowed
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog" /v "disableblog" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: All blogging disabled
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog" /v "disableblog" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog' -Name 'disableblog' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Only SharePoint blogs allowed
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog' -Name 'disableblog' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# All blogging disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\blog' -Name 'disableblog' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null