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Turn off "Microsoft consumer experiences" (Enterprise/Education) — via Microsoft Learn

Group Policylow riskNeeds adminEnterpriseEducationWindows 11Windows 10

This is the policy behind Start suggestions, membership notifications, apps installed after setup and redirect tiles. Turning it off removes those consumer extras. Microsoft only honours it on Enterprise and Education, so it is not a fix for Home or Pro.

Restart the computer

Group Policy

Open gpedit.msc (Pro, Enterprise and Education only) and go to:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Cloud Content > Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences

Registry equivalent

Double-click a .reg file and confirm to merge it. Right-click → Edit first if you want to read it, which is always a good idea with any .reg file from the internet.

Apply

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Oddbyte.Me: Turn off "Microsoft consumer experiences" (Enterprise/Education)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
"DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures"=dword:00000001

Undo

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Oddbyte.Me: undo Turn off "Microsoft consumer experiences" (Enterprise/Education)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
"DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures"=-

Same thing from a command prompt

Run in an administrator Command Prompt or Terminal.

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Undo:

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures" /f
Microsoft's policy reference marks this as not applicable to Pro. Setting the value on Home or Pro is likely to do nothing; use the Settings toggles for suggestions instead.

Sources

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2026-11-02
Link checked
2026-11-02
Tested hands-on
Not by Oddbyte.Me

Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.

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