How can I disable ALT+F4 in Windows 11?

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tristan 0

Is it possible to disable the ALT+F4 shortcut in Windows 11? If so, what steps do I need to take to accomplish this?

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Answer 1

Jing Zhou 7,805 Microsoft External Staff

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

There are two ways to disable it:

Press Win+R and type "gpedit.msc". Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer.

Find the policy named “Turn off Windows Key hotkeys” and double-click it.

Select Enabled and click Apply.

Restart the PC to apply the change.

2.Press Windows + I to open the Settings. Go to Accessibility on the left side -> Scroll down and select Keyboard -> Turn off the Sticky keys toggle.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best regards，

Jill Zhou

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Luom Melton 0 Reputation points

2024-09-27T01:02:48.8633333+00:00

gpedit is not included in the Home Edition of W11. For something as drastic as Alt-F4 terminating all your running programs and losing whatever you were doing, there should be at least a confirmation dialogue (YES, I want to quit immediately and lose all my progress in the game I was playing for the last X hours. or NO please ignore my careless typo - I was only trying to hit Alt-4 not Alt-F4.

Answer 2

S.Sengupta 30,691 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Tools like AutoHotkey or SharpKeys can remap or disable specific key combinations,

Create a custom AutoHotkey script:

#NoEnv

#Warn

SendMode Input

SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%

!F4::return ; This line disables ALT+F4