Configure the inclusion of app tabs into Alt-Tab

Policy ID: BrowserAltTabBlowout
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1909
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Multitasking

Description

This setting controls the inclusion of app tabs into Alt+Tab.

This can be set to show the most recent 3, 5 or 20 tabs, or no tabs from apps.

If this is set to show "Open windows only", the whole feature will be disabled.

Pressing Alt + Tab shows
- Open windows and 20 most recent tabs in apps
- Open windows and 5 most recent tabs in apps
- Open windows and 3 most recent tabs in apps
- Open windows only

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER