Turn off location
- Policy ID
- DisableLocation_1
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Location and Sensors
Description
This policy setting turns off the location feature for this computer.
If you enable this policy setting, the location feature is turned off, and all programs on this computer are prevented from using location information from the location feature.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all programs on this computer will not be prevented from using location information from the location feature.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- DisableLocationREG_DWORD