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SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist

Force disable spellcheck languages

Supported versions

  • On Windows since 78 or later

Description

Force-disables spellcheck languages. Unrecognized languages in that list will be ignored.

If you enable this policy, spellcheck will be disabled for the languages specified. The user can still enable or disable spellcheck for languages not in the list.

If you do not set this policy, or disable it, there will be no change to the user's spellcheck preferences.

If the SpellcheckEnabled policy is set to disabled, this policy will have no effect.

If a language is included in both the SpellcheckLanguage and the 'SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist' policy, the spellcheck language is enabled.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • List of strings

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist
  • GP name: Force disable spellcheck languages
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

fr
es

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: 1, 2, 3, ...
  • Value type: List of REG_SZ

Example registry value

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist\1 =

fr

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist\2 =

es

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