Turn off background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices
- Policy ID
- Disable_Background_Syncing
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, 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 › RSS Feeds
Description
This policy setting controls whether to have background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices.
If you enable this policy setting, the ability to synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background is turned off.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- BackgroundSyncStatusREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- BackgroundSyncStatusREG_DWORD