Limit the size of the entire roaming user profile cache: registry value DeleteRoamingUserProfile and 2 moreComputerHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
- Policy ID
- TS_DELETE_ROAMING_USER_PROFILES
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2008 R2
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Remote Desktop Services › Remote Desktop Session Host › Profiles
Registry
DeleteRoamingUserProfile
REG_DWORDComputer- Enabled value
- 1
- Disabled value
- 0
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services] ; Options (use only one) ; Enabled "DeleteRoamingUserProfile"=dword:00000001 ; Disabled "DeleteRoamingUserProfile"=dword:00000000
CMD
:: Options (use only one) :: Enabled reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services" /v "DeleteRoamingUserProfile" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f :: Disabled reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services" /v "DeleteRoamingUserProfile" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Force | Out-Null # Options (use only one) # Enabled New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'DeleteRoamingUserProfile' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null # Disabled New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'DeleteRoamingUserProfile' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
MonitoringInterval
REG_DWORDComputer- Enabled value
- Depends on the option value
- Element
- Monitoring interval (minutes):
- Value type
- REG_DWORD
- Required
- true
- Minimum value
- 15
- Maximum value
- 10080
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services] ; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data "MonitoringInterval"=dword:<enter value>
CMD
:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services" /v "MonitoringInterval" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f
PowerShell
# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'MonitoringInterval' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null
ProfileDirectoryQuota
REG_DWORDComputer- Enabled value
- Depends on the option value
- Element
- Maximum cache size (GBs):
- Value type
- REG_DWORD
- Required
- true
- Minimum value
- 5
- Maximum value
- 10000
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services] ; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data "ProfileDirectoryQuota"=dword:<enter value>
CMD
:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services" /v "ProfileDirectoryQuota" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f
PowerShell
# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'ProfileDirectoryQuota' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null