Prevent automatic discovery of feeds and Web Slices

Policy ID
Disable_Feed_Discovery
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 prevents users from having Internet Explorer automatically discover whether a feed or Web Slice is available for an associated webpage.

If you enable this policy setting, the user does not receive a notification on the toolbar that a feed or Web Slice is available.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user receives a notification when a feed or Web Slice is available and can click the feed discovery button.

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