Gaming Enable or Disable Game Recording for Captures in Windows 11

Brink · Sep 1, 2023

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the game recording feature for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

The Xbox Game Bar app is built into Windows 11 so you can record games to capture videos and screenshots while playing PC games. You can press the Windows + Alt + G keys to record and capture the last 30 seconds of you game when Record what happened is turned on.

Reference:

Xbox Support

support.xbox.com

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable game recording.

Contents

Option One: Enable or Disable Game Recording for Captures in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Two: Enable or Disable Game Recording for Captures using REG file

EXAMPLE: Game recording enabled and disabled in Settings > Gaming > Captures

Option One

Enable or Disable Game Recording for Captures in Local Group Policy Editor

The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10/11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two to configure the same policy.

1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).

2 Navigate to the location below in the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor. (see screenshot below)

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting

3 In the right pane of Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting, double click/tap on the Enables or Disables Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4 Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you want.

5 Enable Game Recording for Captures

This is the default setting.

A) Select (dot) Not Configured. (see screenshot below)

B) Click/tap on OK, and go to step 7.

6 Disable Game Recording for Captures

A) Select (dot) Disabled. (see screenshot below)

B) Click/tap on OK, and go to step 7.

7 You can now close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.

Option Two

Enable or Disable Game Recording for Captures using REG file

1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want.

2 Enable Game Recording for Captures

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_game_recording_for_captures.reg

Download

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR]
"AllowgameDVR"=-

3 Disable Game Recording for Captures

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_game_recording_for_captures.reg

Download

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR]
"AllowgameDVR"=dword:00000000

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink