Policy

Turn off background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices

This policy setting controls whether to have background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices. If you enable this policy setting, the ability to synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background is turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / RSS Feeds
Policy ID 268f152facf5
Internal name Disable_Background_Syncing

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds\BackgroundSyncStatus (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds\BackgroundSyncStatus (disabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds\BackgroundSyncStatus (enabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds\BackgroundSyncStatus (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether to have background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices. If you enable this policy setting, the ability to synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background is turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background.

Related policies

Prevent access to feed listPrevent automatic discovery of feeds and Web SlicesPrevent downloading of enclosuresPrevent subscribing to or deleting a feed or a Web SliceTurn on Basic feed authentication over HTTP