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Turn off all user customizations

Policy ID
L_NoUserCustomizationPolicy
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 making any Quick Access Toolbar and the Ribbon customizations. This includes customizations made through user interface (UI) entry points, or loaded from documents or templates.

If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to customize the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon through either the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon tabs in the application's Office Center dialog box, or the right-click menu on the Ribbon. In addition, Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations originating from documents or templates will not be loaded when these documents are opened.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can make Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations through the UI, as well as load them from documents and templates.

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

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