Disable web templates in File | New and on the Office Start screen
- Policy ID
- L_DisablehyperlinkstowebtemplatesinFileNewandtaskpanes
- 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 › Tools | Options | General | Web Options...
Description
This policy setting controls whether users can download templates from Office.com from within the Office applications.
If you enable this policy setting, users will not see featured templates from Office.com in File | New and on the Office Start screen and will not be able to download templates from within Office applications.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see featured templates from Office.com in File | New and on the Office Start screen and will be able to download templates from within Office applications.
Note - Enabling this policy setting does not prevent users from downloading templates from Office.com using their Web browsers.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- disablehyperlinkstowebtemplatesREG_DWORD