Outlook - Remove blue tip boxes

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Outlook - Remove blue tip boxes

Lars Olsen 111

Hi.

When a user logs on with a fresh userprofile, the following 3 boxes are shown.

Is there a way to disable them? Something in the registry maybe?

I want them gone...

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jaybot 1 Reputation point

2021-04-19T22:00:52.167+00:00

I felt this wasn't enterprise ready with these "Callouts" either. I finally found them all, they are located in the registry below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\TeachingCallouts

There are 11 keys in total.

Reg_dword set to 0 to disable, default is 1

AutoSaveTottleOnWord
MeetingAllowForwardTeachingCallout
AutoSaveFirstSaveWord
CommingSoonTeachingCallout
AutocreateTeachingCallout_MoreLocations
Search.TopResults
UseTighterSpacingTeachingCallout
SLRToggleReplaceTeachingCalloutID
DataVisualizerRibbonTeachingCallout
ExportToWordProcessTabTeachingCallout
PreviewPlaceUpdate
Bart S 1 Reputation point

2021-04-20T09:01:39.85+00:00

Seems to me that value 0 = not shown yet, value = 1, shown but not used "got it" button and value = 2 looks like "do not show again"

It is a pity that stuff like this is added to enterprise office. Instead of adding code to facilitate things like this, and get bloated office program sizes of multiple GB's, that get slower over time, Microsoft should focus on removing all code (like thos tips & tricks) that is not required for office, and get a smaller program size, and faster operation.
jaybot 1 Reputation point

2021-04-24T14:08:19.01+00:00

I agree. Bloat is slowing things down. There should be a GPO that turns all off or by product. I am now up to 19 registry entries for o365 products.

And you are correct, I posted too quick, it was a value of 2 to prevent it from showing for users.

I forgot to give credit to Victor Homocea for this find. I am trying to find a full list of Callouts so I can disable them for the enterprise.

https://victorhomocea.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/office-teaching-callouts/
MMitchell 1 Reputation point

2021-05-11T21:22:19.803+00:00

Found 8 more when I went in to fix mine, they seem to self-generate based on what products you're using. I ended up setting Default to 2 so I could use the silly software in peace and not like someone who has never encountered a Microsoft product.

AutoAltText1
AutoSaveFirstSaveExcel
AutoSaveToggleOnExcel
CloudSettingsSyncTeachingCallout
Olk_SearchBoxTitleBar_SLR_Sequence
RibbonOverflowTeachingCalloutID
SearchIncludeDeletedItems
ThreadedCommentsCallout

jaybot 1 Reputation point

2021-04-19T22:00:52.167+00:00

I felt this wasn't enterprise ready with these "Callouts" either. I finally found them all, they are located in the registry below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\TeachingCallouts

There are 11 keys in total.

Reg_dword set to 0 to disable, default is 1

AutoSaveTottleOnWord
MeetingAllowForwardTeachingCallout
AutoSaveFirstSaveWord
CommingSoonTeachingCallout
AutocreateTeachingCallout_MoreLocations
Search.TopResults
UseTighterSpacingTeachingCallout
SLRToggleReplaceTeachingCalloutID
DataVisualizerRibbonTeachingCallout
ExportToWordProcessTabTeachingCallout
PreviewPlaceUpdate
Bart S 1 Reputation point

2021-04-20T09:01:39.85+00:00

Seems to me that value 0 = not shown yet, value = 1, shown but not used "got it" button and value = 2 looks like "do not show again"

It is a pity that stuff like this is added to enterprise office. Instead of adding code to facilitate things like this, and get bloated office program sizes of multiple GB's, that get slower over time, Microsoft should focus on removing all code (like thos tips & tricks) that is not required for office, and get a smaller program size, and faster operation.
jaybot 1 Reputation point

2021-04-24T14:08:19.01+00:00

I agree. Bloat is slowing things down. There should be a GPO that turns all off or by product. I am now up to 19 registry entries for o365 products.

And you are correct, I posted too quick, it was a value of 2 to prevent it from showing for users.

I forgot to give credit to Victor Homocea for this find. I am trying to find a full list of Callouts so I can disable them for the enterprise.

https://victorhomocea.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/office-teaching-callouts/
MMitchell 1 Reputation point

2021-05-11T21:22:19.803+00:00

Found 8 more when I went in to fix mine, they seem to self-generate based on what products you're using. I ended up setting Default to 2 so I could use the silly software in peace and not like someone who has never encountered a Microsoft product.

AutoAltText1
AutoSaveFirstSaveExcel
AutoSaveToggleOnExcel
CloudSettingsSyncTeachingCallout
Olk_SearchBoxTitleBar_SLR_Sequence
RibbonOverflowTeachingCalloutID
SearchIncludeDeletedItems
ThreadedCommentsCallout

Answer 1

I found this post helpful to try and get rid of these items in a non-persistent environment.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\TeachingCallouts]
"SLRToggleReplaceTeachingCalloutID"=dword:00000002
"UseTighterSpacingTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"CloudSettingsSyncTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"Olk_SearchBoxTitleBar_SLR_Sequence"=dword:00000002
"GroupUnreadCountTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"MeetingAllowForwardTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"AutoSaveFirstSaveWord"=dword:00000002
"ComingSoonTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"AutocreateTeachingCallout_MoreLocations"=dword:00000002
"Search.TopResults"=dword:00000002
"DataVisualizerRibbonTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"ExportToWordProcessTabTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"PreviewPlaceUpdate"=dword:00000002
"RibbonOverflowTeachingCalloutID"=dword:00000002
"PPT_RecordingTab_Callout_Sequence"=dword:00000002
"PowerQueryAsDefaultGetDataTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"GroupAdvancedSettingsTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"AccCheckerStatusBarTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"EnhancedLocationWellTeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"AutoSaveToggleOnExcel"=dword:00000002
"AutoSaveFirstSaveExcel"=dword:00000002
"a79db66d-e74d-41e8-a138-558044fae3cb"=dword:00000002
"CreatePivotTableFromPowerBITeachingCallout"=dword:00000002
"ThreadedCommentsCallout"=dword:00000002
"Word_CanvasContextual_v3"=dword:00000002
"AutoSaveToggleOnWord"=dword:00000002
"AutoAltText1"=dword:00000002
"SyncProgressUITeachingCalloutA"=dword:00000002
"AutoSaveToggleOnPPT"=dword:00000002
"AutoSaveFirstSavePPT"=dword:00000002

2 more :
VersionHistoryRenameCalloutPPT
TabbedPanesTeachingUI

We are finding more as the days goes on.
If a users gets a new one I just check in the registry what new entry there is and add them to our GPO.
Should be in the Office 16 admx files, but yeah this is the MS way.

Coprolalio 21 Reputation points

2022-06-02T20:32:48.407+00:00

How about a PowerShell script that sets any existing values in that Registry key when a user logs on?

$TeachingCalloutsRegistryPath = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\TeachingCallouts" $DoNotShow = 2 If ( Test-Path -Path $TeachingCalloutsRegistryPath -PathType Container ) { $RegistryValueNames = (Get-Item -Path $TeachingCalloutsRegistryPath).Property Foreach ( $RegistryValueName in $RegistryValueNames ) { Set-ItemProperty -Path $TeachingCalloutsRegistryPath -Name $RegistryValueName -Value $DoNotShow } }
Anders Persson, Region Gävleborg 5 Reputation points

2023-03-14T07:25:47.9133333+00:00

Well, that Powershell Script would only work for existing values. For each Teaching Callout, it does not exist the first time a user does something to trigger a Callout, so it would not work as a solution for not showing the Callouts for each user on the computer.

Answer 2

Hi @Lars Olsen ,

Welcome to our forum. As far as these New feature blue tip Boxes, as you know, it would only display when you first login to the new userprofile. I guess it's aimed to make it more easier and faster for users to get the feature in Outlook, and so sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

Based on my research, I have checked all settings in my Outlook, there seems to no option that could close or disable them permanently. I also have tried to research a lot in the point of Register Editor but still haven't found any related settings. So for your requirment of disabling them, we would like to recommend you to please provide your ideal feedback via Microsoft UserVoice service. Our developer team regularly reviews ideas to consider in the design and development of future product updates. We appreciate the time you take to share them with us and hope that in the near future, this feature can be included. Thanks for your support and understanding.

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Jade Liang-MSFT 9,851 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-12-16T02:50:32.193+00:00

Hi @Lars Olsen ,
Do you still have any other questions about it?
If not, in order to close thread normally, please kindly mark the hepful post to answer, thanks for your understanding and support.

Answer 3

Pavel Yannara Mirochnitchenko 7,096

I have the same proplem on Intune managed computers and it scares me that we are on O365 current channel but still Office admin templates are shown as 2016 version. I believe it is the same thing in AD / Group Policies. I have these enabled, but still I am seing same screen. Does O365 still honor v16 registry?

Pavel Yannara Mirochnitchenko 7,096 Reputation points

2021-08-02T21:23:17.28+00:00

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Rollin Kuhn 1 Reputation point

2021-09-28T01:10:01.867+00:00

Office 2016, 2019 and 365 are basically the same code base at this time, and all three use the 2016 policy templates. They just didn't bother to update the name to be more inclusive of newer version names.
Pavel Yannara Mirochnitchenko 7,096 Reputation points

2021-09-28T10:12:40.19+00:00

Yea, anyway... this is just not doable in a proper manner.

Outlook - Remove blue tip boxes

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