Turn off toast notifications on the lock screen
- Policy ID
- NoLockScreenToastNotification
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar › Notifications
Description
This policy setting turns off toast notifications on the lock screen.
If you enable this policy setting, applications will not be able to raise toast notifications on the lock screen.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, toast notifications on the lock screen are enabled and can be turned off by the administrator or user.
No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoToastApplicationNotificationOnLockScreenREG_DWORD