Allow Recall to be enabled
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows AI Description
This policy setting allows you to determine whether the Recall optional component is available for end users to enable on their device. By default, Recall is disabled for managed commercial devices. Recall isn't available on managed devices by default, and individual users can't enable Recall on their own. If this policy is not configured, end users will have the Recall component in a disabled state. If this policy is disabled, the Recall component will be in disabled state and the bits for Recall will be removed from the device. If snapshots were previously saved on the device, they will be deleted when this policy is disabled. Removing Recall requires a device restart. If the policy is enabled, end users will have Recall available on their device. Depending on the state of the DisableAIDataAnalysis policy (Turn off saving snapshots for use with Recall), end users will be able to choose if they want to save snapshots of their screen and use Recall to find things they've seen on their device.
Registry
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI Value name: AllowRecallEnablement
Enabled: AllowRecallEnablement = 1
Disabled: AllowRecallEnablement = 0
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/WindowsAI/AllowRecallEnablement Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
CSP values
-
0- Recall isn't available. -
1 (Default)- Recall is available.
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI]
"AllowRecallEnablement"=dword:00000001More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowRecallEnablement' -Value 1 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/WindowsAI/AllowRecallEnablement
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI' -Name 'AllowRecallEnablement' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowRecallEnablement' -Value 1 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI' -Name 'AllowRecallEnablement' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow Recall to be enabled
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowRecallEnablement' -Value 1 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.