Turn off configuring underline links

Policy ID: UnderlineLinksPol
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 7.0
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Internet Explorer › Internet Settings › Advanced settings › Browsing

Description

This policy setting specifies how you want links on webpages to be underlined.

If you enable this policy setting, a user cannot choose when to underline links. You must specify when to underline links:
• Always
• Never
• Hover (when the mouse pointer pauses on a link)

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can choose when to underline links.

Options

Underline links
- Always
- Never
- Hover

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main View registry values

Anchor UnderlineREG_SZ

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