Turn off Spotlight collection on Desktop

Policy ID
DisableSpotlightCollectionOnDesktop
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows 10
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Cloud Content

Description

This policy setting removes the Spotlight collection setting in Personalization, rendering the user unable to select and subsequentyly download daily images from Microsoft to desktop.

If you enable this policy, "Spotlight collection" will not be available as an option in Personalization settings.

If you disable or do not configure this policy, "Spotlight collection" will appear as an option in Personalization settings, allowing the user to select "Spotlight collection" as the Desktop provider and display daily images from Microsoft on the desktop.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • DisableSpotlightCollectionOnDesktopREG_DWORD

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