When you click on Quick Settings, a pop-out window will appear with commonly used settings and apps like Volume, Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Rotation lock, Battery saver, Accessibility, Night light, Mobile hotspot, Nearby sharing, Cast and more. Windows also allow you to add and remove items on the Quick Settings menu simply by editing it. If you want, you can disable users from editing the Quick Settings menu in Windows 11. You can take that further by also disabling users from removing or adding items to the Taskbar.
How to disable or enable Quick Settings editing in Windows 11
As mentioned above, Windows also allows users to add and remove items on the Quick Settings menu simply by editing it. By default, all users can edit the Quick Settings menu in their profile. If you want to prevent that, follow the steps below. When you click on Quick Settings, it shows its menu items. By default, click on the pencil icon on the menu to edit items. To disable editing, open Local Group Policy Editor by clicking on the Start menu and searching for Edit group policy as highlighted below. Under Best match, select Edit group policy to launch Local Group Policy Editor. In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, expand the tree: In the Start Menu and Taskbar details pane on the right, local and double-click the setting Disable Editing Quick Settings. In the Disable Editing Quick Settings setting window, set the option to Enabled. Select OK. Close Local Group Policy Editor. If Disable Editing Quick Settings is enabled and you want to disable it via the Local Group Policy Editor, then go to the policy path below: Locate and double click on Disable Editing Quick Settings settings, then set the option to Not configured. That should do it! Conclusion: This post showed you how to disable editing the Quick Settings menu in Windows 11. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below.
