Policy

Do not sync on metered connections

Prevent syncing to and from this PC when on metered Internet connections. This turns off and disables "sync your settings on metered connections" switch on the "sync your settings" page in PC Settings. If you enable this policy setting, syncing on metered connections will be turned off, and no syncing will take place when this PC is on a metered connection. If you do not set or disable this setting, syncing on metered connections is configurable by the user.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Sync your settings
Policy ID c7b9462a86aa
Internal name DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync\DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync\DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevent syncing to and from this PC when on metered Internet connections. This turns off and disables "sync your settings on metered connections" switch on the "sync your settings" page in PC Settings. If you enable this policy setting, syncing on metered connections will be turned off, and no syncing will take place when this PC is on a metered connection. If you do not set or disable this setting, syncing on metered connections is configurable by the user.

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