Disable Office Backgrounds
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Registry
HKCU
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general Value name: disablebackgrounds
Enabled: disablebackgrounds = 1
Disabled: disablebackgrounds = 0
Description
This policy setting turns on and off the ability of users to select an Office background. If you enable this policy setting, users won’t see the Office Backgrounds setting in either the Account place or the Options dialog. They also won’t have an Office Background applied to the upper right of their Office applications. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Backgrounds setting in the Account place and in the Options dialog, and they will have an Office Background applied to the upper right of their Office applications.