Disable showing balloon notifications as toasts.

Policy ID
EnableLegacyBalloonNotifications
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Start Menu and Taskbar

Description

This policy disables the functionality that converts balloons to toast notifications.

If you enable this policy setting, system and application notifications will render as balloons instead of toast notifications.

Enable this policy setting if a specific app or system component that uses balloon notifications has compatibility issues with toast notifications.

If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, all notifications will appear as toast notifications.

A reboot is required for this policy setting to take effect.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • EnableLegacyBalloonNotificationsREG_DWORD

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