Policy

Turn off Preview Pane

Hides the Preview Pane in File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, the Preview Pane in File Explorer is hidden and cannot be turned on by the user. If you disable, or do not configure this setting, the Preview Pane is hidden by default and can be displayed by the user.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / File Explorer / Explorer Frame Pane
Policy ID 3439cbd837d3
Internal name NoReadingPane

Registry

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoReadingPane (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoReadingPane (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Hides the Preview Pane in File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, the Preview Pane in File Explorer is hidden and cannot be turned on by the user. If you disable, or do not configure this setting, the Preview Pane is hidden by default and can be displayed by the user.

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