Policy

Turn off all user customizations

This policy setting can prevent users from making any Quick Access Toolbar and the Ribbon customizations. This includes customizations made through user interface (UI) entry points, or loaded from documents or templates. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to customize the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon through either the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon tabs in the application's Office Center dialog box, or the right-click menu on the Ribbon. In addition, Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations originating from documents or templates will not be loaded when these documents are opened. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can make Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations through the UI, as well as load them from documents and templates.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Global Options / Customize
Policy ID 267d5ab8b255
Internal name L_NoUserCustomizationPolicy

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\word\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\excel\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\powerpoint\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\access\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\outlook\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\sharepoint designer\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\publisher\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\project\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\visio\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\onenote\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\infopath\nousercustomization
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\groove\nousercustomization

Policy notes

This policy setting can prevent users from making any Quick Access Toolbar and the Ribbon customizations. This includes customizations made through user interface (UI) entry points, or loaded from documents or templates. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to customize the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon through either the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon tabs in the application's Office Center dialog box, or the right-click menu on the Ribbon. In addition, Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations originating from documents or templates will not be loaded when these documents are opened. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can make Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations through the UI, as well as load them from documents and templates.

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