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Turn off user customizations via UI

Policy ID
L_DisableToolbarCustomizationUIPolicy
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 › Global Options › Customize

Description

This policy setting can prevent users from customizing both the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon through the user interface (UI).

If you enable this policy setting, the following UI entry points are turned off: the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon tabs in the application's Office Center dialog box, and the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customization options on the right-click menu on the Ribbon.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can customize the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon through both the application’s Office Center dialog box, and the right-click menu on the Ribbon.

Options

The empty box and the checked box tell the checkbox items of the Group Policy editor apart (a checked box is an item that is selected by default).

  • Disallow in Word
  • Disallow in Excel
  • Disallow in PowerPoint
  • Disallow in Access
  • Disallow in Outlook
  • Disallow in SharePoint Designer
  • Disallow in Publisher
  • Disallow in Project
  • Disallow in Visio
  • Disallow in OneNote
  • Disallow in InfoPath
  • Disallow in SharePoint Workspace

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\wordView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\excelView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\powerpointView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\accessView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\outlookView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\sharepoint designerView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\publisherView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\projectView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\visioView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\onenoteView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\infopathView registry values
  • msoriddisabletoolbarcustomizationuiinfopathREG_DWORD
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\grooveView registry values
  • disabletoolbarcustomizationuiREG_DWORD

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