The Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 11/10 and Windows Server allows you to filter out the policy settings that you do not want to display and show only those that you want to. The Local Group Policy Editor offers the option to filter Administrative Template policy settings based on Managed, Configured, or Commented policy settings, as well as keywords within the title, help text, or comments on policy settings. Additionally, it allows filtering by platform or application requirements of policy settings.
Filter Options in Group Policy Editor in Windows 11/10
To exercise the filter options, you have to open the Group Policy Editor, by typing gpedit.msc in the search box and hitting Enter.
Next, click on Administrative Templates node and then select the Action Tab. You will now see an entry to Filter Options. Click on it. This will open the Filter Options box.
By default, the Local Group Policy Editor lists all settings for all versions, resulting in a very large and difficult-to-manage list. Using the Filter Options, you can limit the number of policy settings displayed in it.
Property Filters, Keyword filters or Platform Requirement filters
You can filter the results using Property Filters, Keyword filters or Platform Requirement filters.
- Property filters include Managed, Configured and Commented.
- You can use Keyword filters to look for exact or non-exact keywords within the policy setting, the title, help file or comment.
- The Requirements filter lets you select the desired platform and the version number.
By default, the editor displays all policy settings. However, you can use requirement filters to change how the Local Group Policy Editor displays Administrative Template policy settings.
This feature allows you to view the Group Policies that have been applied to your computer.
Make your Group Policy Editor display settings for Windows only
Let us say you want to display the group policy setting for Windows only, then you can check the Windows 11/10 operating systems and Windows RT boxes only. This can be quite useful if you know that you will be working with only one or a select few platforms Once done, click OK and ensure that the Filter is set to ‘On’.
No Filter Options in Group Policy Editor
The Filter Options in the Local Group Policy Editor appears only when you have already selected the “Administrative Templates” branch either under “Computer Configuration” or “User Configuration”. Otherwise, you will not see Filter Options in Group Policy Editor.
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