Policy

Delete files from Office Document Cache

This policy setting determines whether or not documents opened in Office are deleted from the Office Document Cache when they are closed. If you enable this policy setting documents are deleted from the Office Document Cache when they are closed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents are not deleted from the Office Document Cache when they are closed. Note: This policy setting does not apply to documents in SharePoint Workspace. Documents in SharePoint Workspace will not be deleted from the Office Document cache when they are closed. Sharepoint Workspace will not work correctly if this Group Policy is enabled.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Microsoft Office Document Cache
Policy ID b205c77f3cc9
Internal name L_DeleteFilesFromOfficeDocumentCache

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\fileio\disablelongtermcaching (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\fileio\disablelongtermcaching (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting determines whether or not documents opened in Office are deleted from the Office Document Cache when they are closed. If you enable this policy setting documents are deleted from the Office Document Cache when they are closed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents are not deleted from the Office Document Cache when they are closed. Note: This policy setting does not apply to documents in SharePoint Workspace. Documents in SharePoint Workspace will not be deleted from the Office Document cache when they are closed. Sharepoint Workspace will not work correctly if this Group Policy is enabled.

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