Disable pre-release features or settings

This policy setting determines the level that Microsoft can experiment with the product to study user preferences or device behavior. A value of 1 permits Microsoft to configure device settings only. A value of 2 allows Microsoft to conduct full experimentations.

If you disable this policy setting, all experimentations will be turned off.

If you do not configure this policy setting, user can configure the "Let Microsoft try features on this build" option in Settings.

Supported on: At least Windows 10 Server, Windows 10

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\PreviewBuilds
Value NameEnableConfigFlighting
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0




  1. Device settings only
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\PreviewBuilds
    Value NameEnableExperimentation
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value0
  2. Full experimentations
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\PreviewBuilds
    Value NameEnableExperimentation
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1


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