Turn off all Windows spotlight features

Policy ID
DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures
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 lets you turn off all Windows Spotlight features at once.

If you enable this policy setting, Windows spotlight on lock screen, Windows tips, Microsoft consumer features and other related features will be turned off. You should enable this policy setting if your goal is to minimize network traffic from target devices.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows spotlight features are allowed and may be controlled individually using their corresponding policy settings.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • DisableWindowsSpotlightFeaturesREG_DWORD

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