Remove Homegroup link from Start Menu
- Policy ID
- NoStartMenuHomegroup
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar
Description
If you enable this policy the Start menu will not show a link to Homegroup. It also removes the homegroup item from the Start Menu options. As a result, users cannot add the homegroup link to the Start Menu.
If you disable or do not configure this policy, users can use the Start Menu options to add or remove the homegroup link from the Start Menu.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoStartMenuHomegroupREG_DWORD