When Quick Settings is enabled, users can open the Quick Settings panel and access several settings such as Accessibility, Wi-Fi, Battery saver, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, and other available features. But, for some reason, such as you never use Quick Settings if you want to disable Quick Settings, this gearupwindows article will guide you.
Once you disable this, the Quick Settings panel will not open anymore. Hotkey (
There are at least two methods using which you can enable or disable the Quick Settings in Windows 11; you can either use Group Policy Editor or tweak the Registry. We will review both of them, and you can use either.
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How to Enable or Disable Windows 11 Quick Settings using Group Policy Editor?
To turn on or off Quick Settings in Windows 11 using Group Policy, do these steps:-
Step 1. First, open Local Group Policy Editor.
Step 2. In the Local Group Policy Editor window, navigate to the following path in the left side pane:-
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
Step 3. On the right side of the “Start Menu and Taskbar” folder, double-click on the policy name “Remove Quick Settings.”
Step 4. Select the
Step 5. Click
Step 6. Click
Step 7. At last, reboot your computer to apply the changes.
In the future, if you want to enable the Quick Settings in Windows 11, repeat the above steps and in step 4 above, select the
How to Turn On or Off Windows 11 Quick Settings through Registry Editor?
To enable or disable Quick Settings in Windows 11 by tweaking the Registry, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open Registry Editor.
Step 2. Then, browse to the following key in the left sidebar of Registry Editor:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Step 3. Now, right-click on the
Quick Note: Skip steps 3 & 4 if the Explorer key is already present under Windows.
Step 4. Name the newly created key as
Step 5. Now, right-click on the
Step 6. Name the newly created REG_DWORD as
Step 7. Double-click on the
Step 8. Click
Step 9. Finally, restart your computer to apply the changes.
Once you complete the above steps, Quick Settings in Windows 11 will be disabled, and you can not use them anymore.
To enable the Quick Settings, navigate to the following folder on the left side of Registry Editor:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
On the right side of the Explorer key, right-click on the