Policy

Turn off all Windows spotlight features

This policy setting lets you turn off all Windows Spotlight features at once. If you enable this policy setting, Windows spotlight on lock screen, Windows tips, Microsoft consumer features and other related features will be turned off. You should enable this policy setting if your goal is to minimize network traffic from target devices. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows spotlight features are allowed and may be controlled individually using their corresponding policy settings.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Cloud Content
Policy ID 0578ccabf607
Internal name DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures

Registry

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HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent\DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent\DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting lets you turn off all Windows Spotlight features at once. If you enable this policy setting, Windows spotlight on lock screen, Windows tips, Microsoft consumer features and other related features will be turned off. You should enable this policy setting if your goal is to minimize network traffic from target devices. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows spotlight features are allowed and may be controlled individually using their corresponding policy settings.

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