Policy

Control whether exclusions are visible to local users

This policy setting controls whether exclusions are visible to local users on the device. Use the policy setting HideExclusionsFromLocalAdmins to hide exclusions from both standard and administrative local users.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Policy ID35b295c58f2b
Internal nameHideExclusionsFromLocalUsers

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\HideExclusionsFromLocalUsers (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\HideExclusionsFromLocalUsers (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether exclusions are visible to local users on the device. Use the policy setting HideExclusionsFromLocalAdmins to hide exclusions from both standard and administrative local users.

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