Set maximum storage for snapshots used by Recall

Policy ID
SetMaximumStorageSpaceForRecallSnapshots
Scope
Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Windows AI

Description

This policy setting allows you to control the maximum amount of disk space that can be used by Windows to save snapshots for Recall.

You can set the maximum amount of disk space for snapshots to be 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, or 150 GB.

When this setting is not configured, the OS configures the storage allocation for snapshots based on the device storage capacity unless the current user specifies a different value.

25 GB is allocated when the device storage capacity is 256 GB. 75 GB is allocated when the device storage capacity is 512 GB. 150 GB is allocated when the device storage capacity is 1 TB or higher.

If both maximum storage duration and maximum storage space are set for Recall, then snapshots are deleted when the first maximum is reached.

Important: This setting applies to Enterprise and Education client SKUs only.

Options

  • Select maximum storage space:
    • Let the OS define the maximum storage amount based on hard drive storage size
    • 10GB
    • 25GB
    • 50GB
    • 75GB
    • 100GB
    • 150GB

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • SetMaximumStorageSpaceForRecallSnapshots-
  • SetMaximumStorageSpaceForRecallSnapshotsREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • SetMaximumStorageSpaceForRecallSnapshots-
  • SetMaximumStorageSpaceForRecallSnapshotsREG_DWORD

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