Remove the People Bar from the taskbar
- Policy ID
- HidePeopleBar
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1703
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar
Description
This policy allows you to remove the People Bar from the taskbar and disables the My People experience.
If you enable this policy the people icon will be removed from the taskbar, the corresponding settings toggle is removed from the taskbar settings page, and users will not be able to pin people to the taskbar.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- HidePeopleBar-