Windows 11 Hiding buttons in Quick Actions

[KieranL]

Hi,

 

Has anyone been able to hide options in quick actions in Windows 11?

We are trying to hide WiFi and Airplane mode to stop students playing around with the options.

 

I know that I can hide it per user by clicking on the edit at the bottom and it creates a registry key in the below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Quick Actions\Control Center\Unpinned

 

But if I try to deploy this registry through GPO on the login it breaks the quick actions and stops them from opening for a while and then it will automatically clear out the keys created and go back to default.

 

Thanks,

[jthompson]

You can grey out the Flight mode button per computer by disabling the "Radio Management Service" Windows service. In Group Policy Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings ->  System Services -> Radio Management Service (set to Disabled). The button remains in the quick actions panel, but it is greyed out and non-functional.

 

Similarly, the Mobile hotspot button can be greyed out per computer using Group Policy. Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network (set to Enabled).

 

I don't know of a way to keep users our of the WiFi toggle, but to mitigate against misuse, we have the network icon showing on the login/lock screen so that it can be enabled if it's been turned off by someone.

 

IIRC that's done via registry in HKLM SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

A REG_DWORD named DontDisplayNetworkSelectionUI and set to 0.

Edited April 24, 2025 by jthompson