Policy

Turn off audio recording for screen recording

This policy setting allows you to control the initial audio recording setting for a screen recording in PowerPoint. By default, audio is recorded during a screen recording. If you enable this policy setting, audio isn’t recorded during a screen recording. But, the user can choose to turn on audio recording manually in the UI. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, audio is recorded during a screen recording. The user can choose to turn off audio recording manually in the UI.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 / Disable Items in User Interface / Predefined
Policy ID ae738cd78d9c
Internal name L_DefaultMuteAudioInScreenRecorder

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\screenrecorder\muteaudiodefaultvalue (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\screenrecorder\muteaudiodefaultvalue (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to control the initial audio recording setting for a screen recording in PowerPoint. By default, audio is recorded during a screen recording. If you enable this policy setting, audio isn’t recorded during a screen recording. But, the user can choose to turn on audio recording manually in the UI. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, audio is recorded during a screen recording. The user can choose to turn off audio recording manually in the UI.

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