Remove pinned programs from the Taskbar

If you enable this setting, pinned programs are prevented from being shown on the Taskbar. Users cannot pin programs to the Taskbar.

If you disable this setting or do not configure it, users can pin programs so that the program shortcuts stay on the Taskbar.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value NameTaskbarNoPinnedList
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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