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Hi,
We have enabled viewer mode policy for some computers in our domain, but we would like to know if it is possible to remove the ribbon saying that you are in viewer mode. This ribbon appears every time you open an Office app.
Also, there are some welcome screen saying that Microsoft respect confidentiality and a window that ask you if they can collect data to help the devs.
Is it possible to disable these ?
Hi,
For View you can try to use this Group Policy to disable it:
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
|---|---|
| Registry Path | software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\licensing |
| Value Name | viewermode |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |
For start screen you can try this Group Policy to disable it:
| Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
|---|---|
| Registry Path | software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general |
| Value Name | disableboottoofficestart |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |
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And I also suggest you refer to these articles if you're Microsoft 365 admin:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/privacy/manage-privacy-controls
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/admincenter/overview-cloud-policy
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For the first tip : We don't want to disable viewer mode, we just want to hide the ribbon saying that you are in viewer mode... the ribbon is showing every time you open an Office App.
For the second : We already have this policy enabled ( disableboottoofficestart value set to 1 ) but it show these screens anyway... ( Only one time, but still we would like to be able to block them )