How to Enable or Disable Settings Home page in Windows 11

This post will show you how to Enable or Disable the Settings Home page in Windows 11. With a recent update, the Home page in the Settings app was added in Windows 11. The Home page provides a hub to customize and manage various features of your PC. However, some people might want to disable it.

How do you enable or disable the Settings Home page in Windows 11?

Follow these methods to enable or disable the Settings Home page in Windows 11:

1. Using Registry Editor
2. Using Group Policy Editor

Now, let’s see these in detail.

1] Using Registry Editor

Follow these suggestions to enable/disable the Settings Home page in Windows 11:

Press Windows + R to open Run, type regedit, and hit Enter.

Once the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Here, right-click on the Explorer key and select New > String Value.

Rename the newly created string value as SettingsPageVisibility and press Enter.

Now, right-click on the SettingsPageVisibility string and click Modify.

Set the Value Data as hide:home and click OK to save the changes.

The Home page will now be disabled from the Settings app. To enable it again, just delete the SettingsPageVisibility string.

Ensure you create a restore point before making any changes in the Registry Editor. This is because a single mistake in the registries can make your device crash.

2] Using Group Policy Editor

If using the Registry Editor is too technical, you can enable/disable the Settings Home page using the Group Policy Editor. Here’s how:

Press Windows + R to open Run, type gpedit.msc, and hit Enter.

The Group Policy Editor will now open here; navigate to the following path:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > All settings

Double-click on the Settings Page Visibility policy in the right pane.

Here, select Enabled and type hide:home under options.

Click on Apply and then on OK to save the changes.

The Home page will now be disabled from the Settings app. To enable it again, just select Disabled.

Read: How to Reset the Windows Settings app

I hope these steps help you.

How to disable Windows 11 Lets finish setting up your device?

To disable the message, Let’s finish setting up your device, open Settings, and navigate to System > Notifications & actions. Here, uncheck the option Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device.

Why can’t I open Settings Windows 11?

Settings app in Windows may not open due to system file corruption and a corrupted user profile. However, it can also occur if Windows updates are pending and if a third-party app interrupts.