Today, we are discussing How to Show or Hide Recent Jumplists on Windows Start Menu and Taskbar using Intune Policy. The Start menu includes a variety of policy settings around 41 categories. One of these settings is “Hide Recent Jump Lists,” which controls whether recently opened items appear when right-clicking apps on the Start menu or taskbar.
When this setting is Enabled(Hide the Policy), users won’t see a list of files or items they’ve recently opened with an app when they right-click its icon. This can be useful if you want to keep things private or avoid clutter, especially on shared devices.
Security is an essentional part when we using a shared Device. When you turn on this policy, it turns off the Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar option in the Settings app. The option becomes grayed out.
This policy will be applied currectly when the user starts the Reboots. Enabling this policy hides recent jumplists from appearing on the start menu/taskbar and disables the corresponding toggle in the Settings app. So in this post Let’s Look How this policy to be Configured in the Intune.
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What Happens When the Policy to Hide Recent Jump Lists is Enabled?
When the policy is enabled, recent jump lists no longer appear on the Start menu or taskbar, and the toggle to show recently opened items in jump lists is disabled (grayed out) in the Settings app. A system reboot is required for the policy to take effect.
Hide Recent JumpList in Start – CSP Details
Above, we discussed several aspects of the policy, including Hide Recent Jump List in Start. Now, it is important to understand the CSP details (Configuration Service Providers). This information is crucial to know before deploying a policy. The screenshot below helps you show more details.
Note: Please perform your own due diligence before implementing these policies. As of now, this setting is applicable only to Windows 10.
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Create a Profile for Policy Deployment
After reviewing the CSP details, you’re ready to create a profile for policy deployment. Start by logging in to the Microsoft Intune admin center. Once logged in, go to the Devices section. From there, select Configuration. In the Configuration area, click on + Create Policy. This will open a new window titled Create Profile. In the Create Profile window
- Set the Platform to Windows 10 and later
- Choose Settings Catalog as the Profile type
- Then, click Create to continue.
Basics Information of a Policy
After creating the profile, the next step is to complete the basic details. This typically includes entering the policy name, description, and confirming platform information. In the Platform section, no changes are needed it’s already set to Windows by default. Be sure to provide a clear name for the policy to make it easy to identify later.
- You can also add a description to clarify the purpose of the policy for future reference.
| No | Steps To validate the Policy |
|---|---|
| 1 | In Settings, enable the option to Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start of the taskbar. |
| 2 | Pin the Photos app to the taskbar, and open some images in the app. |
| 3 | Right-click the pinned Photos app. Verify that a jump list shows recently opened items. |
| 4 | Toggle Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start of the taskbar in Settings to clear jump lists. |
| 5 | Enable this policy. |
| 6 | Restart the explorer.exe process or restart the computer. |
| 7 | Check that the Settings toggle is grayed out. |
| 8 | Open some images in the Photos app. |
| 9 | Right-click the pinned Photos app. Verify that there’s no jump list of recent items. |
Select the Settings through Settings Picker
Next, you’ll be on the Configuration Settings tab. In this tab, you will see an option in blue labeled Add Settings click on it. Once you click, a new window called Settings Picker will appear. In the Settings Picker window, you need to select the Start option and then select the option Hide Recent Jump list.
- After selecting it, close the Settings Picker window.
Disable the Hide Recent Jump List Policy
After selecting the policy setting, such as “Hide Recent Jump List”, you can close the Settings Picker window. Once you close it, you’ll return to the Configuration Settings page. Here, you’ll notice that the policy is set to Disabled or Not Allowed by default. If you want to continue with this setting, click Next to proceed.
Enable the Settings
To enable this policy, locate the toggle switch next to the “Hide Recent Jump List” setting. By default, this toggle is set to Disabled. To activate the policy, simply move the toggle from left to right. Once enabled, the toggle will turn blue and change to Enabled.
Add Scope Tags to a Policy
Now you are on the next step called Scope Tags. A scope tag is used to assign policies to specific groups within an organization. In this step, you can select a scope tag for the policy. However, I suggest skipping this section because it is not needed for this policy. So, I clicked Next to continue.
Assignments
The next step is Assignments. In this section, you can specify which group the policy should be applied to. Our aim is to deploy this policy to a specific group, this step is essential. Look for the Add Groups option under the Include Groups section and click on it. A list of available groups will appear and use the search bar to find and select the group you want to target.
- After selecting the group, click Next to proceed to the next step.
Review and Create – The Final Stage for Policy Creation
After the Assignments step, you’ll reach the final tab called Review + Create. In this section, you can see a summary of everything you enterd in the previous steps such as basic details, configuration settings, assignment details read them carefully and when everything is ok Click on the Review and Create.
Monitoring Status – To Confirming Policy Created Successfully
After creating a policy we have to monitor that whether the policy was created successfully or not. To check this, you can either wait for up to 8 hours for the policy to apply automatically, or you can reduce the waiting time by manually syncing the policy through the Company Portal. After syncing, you can check the policy’s status through the Intune Portal.
- To do this, go to Devices > Configuration Profiles.
- In the Configuration policy section, search for the name of the policy you created.
- I named the policy as Hide Recent Jump List.
- So, I searched that name and, clicked on it, and then I get the status below.
Client Side Verification through Event Viewer
To confirm the policy is successful or not, you can use the Event Viewer. First, open Event Viewer and navigate to Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Device Management > Enterprise Diagnostic Provider > Admin. Look for Event IDs 813 or 814, as these typically contain policy-related information.
- In the below screenshot the policy details were found under Event ID 813.
Delete Hide Recent Jump List
If you want to delete this policy Hide Recent Jump List, you can easily do so. First, search for the policy name in the configuration section. When you find the policy name, you will see a 3 dot menu next to it. Click on the 3 dots to open a menu with 3options such as Duplicate, Export, and Delete. Click on the Delete option and the policy deleted for Permanently.
For more information, you can refer to our previous post – How to Delete Allow Clipboard History Policy in Intune Step by Step Guide.
Remove Hide Recent Jump List
After creating the policy, if you want to remove the group that you previously selected, you can easily do that. First, go to Devices > Configuration policies. In the Configuration policy section, search for the policy name for example, Hide Recent Jump list. Once the result appears, click on the policy.
When you Scroll down the page, and you will see sections like Basic Details and Assignment Details. In the Assignment section, you will find an Edit option and click on it. When you click Edit, you will enter the Assignment page.
- Click on Remove, then proceed by clicking Review + Save.
For detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – Learn How to Delete or Remove App Assignment from Intune using by Step-by-Step Guide.
Use OMA-URI Settings
You can easily enable or disable the Hide recent Jump List in the starts using Microsoft Intune or configure a custom OMA-URI setting. But for a policy deployment I strongly prefer to use Setting catalog because it is very easy to deploy a policy other than Use OMA-URI Setting. Below is a step-by-step guide to help you set this up.
- Sign in to Microsoft Intune
- Go to Devices > Configuration
- Click Create and then New policy
- Choose the platform as Windows 10 and later
- For Profile type, select Templates and then select Custom
- Provide a Name – e.g. “Hide Recent Jump List.”
- Add a Description if needed
- Click on + Add under OMA-URI Settings to configure the specific setting.
- To Configure the OMA-URI Setting, do the following
- Enter a name for this setting, such as Hide Recent Jump List.
- Briefly describe the setting, e.g., “Hide or show Recent Jumplists for User.”
- Enter the following OMA-URI path
- ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Start/HideRecentJumplists
- Set the Data type to Integer.
- Enter the value
- 1 to Hide the Recent Jump List
- 0 to Show the Recent Jump List
- After entering the above details, click Save.
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Anoop C Nair has been a Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.