How to enable or disable the Task Manager in Windows 10

Windows 10 Task Manager provides more information on processes. You can easily find which application is utilizing CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network Usage. In this post, we will show you how to disable the Task Manager in Windows 10 If you are looking to do so for some security reasons.

How to disable Task Manager in Windows 10

You can enable or disable Task Manager either of the three ways:

1. Local Group Policy Editor
2. Registry Editor
3. Ultimate Windows Tweaker.

While we have shown how to disable it, you need to simply reverse the changes to enable it.Let's take a look at the steps involved in each of the methods.

1] Disable the Task Manager via Local Group Policy Editor

To disable Task Manager via Local Group Policy Editor, do the following;

• Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
• In the Run dialog box type gpedit.msc and press Enter to open Group Policy Editor.
• Inside the Local Group Policy Editor, use the left pane to navigate to the path below:

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options

• On the right pane, double-click on Remove Task Manager policy to edit its properties.
• In the policy properties window, set the radio button to Enabled.
• Click Apply > OK to save the changes.

2] Disable the Task Manager via Registry Editor

Since this is a registry operation, it is recommended that you back up the registry or create a system restore point as necessary precautionary measures. Once done, you can proceed as follows:

• Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
• In the Run dialog box, type regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor.
• Navigate or jump to the registry key path below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

• At the location, on the left pane, right-click on the Policies folder.
• Select New > Key.
• Name the key as System.
• Next, click on the newly created System key.
• On the right pane, click on the empty area and choose New > DWORD (32-bit Value).
• Name the value DisableTaskMgr.
• Next, double-click the DisableTaskMgr to edit its properties.
• In the properties window, input 1 in the Value data field.
• Click OK to save changes.

Next, navigate or jump to the following registry path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

• At the location, on the right pane, create the DisableTaskMgr key and set the Value data to 1.
• Exit Registry Editor and restart your computer.

Read: Task Manager is not responding, opening or disabled by the administrator.

3] Ultimate Windows Tweaker

Use our freeware Ultimate Windows Tweaker to do this with a click! You will see the setting under Security & Privacy > Security Settings > Disable Task Manager.

You can also use our free tool FixWin if the Task Manager is not opening easily.

That's it! These are the three ways you can successfully disable the Task Manager in Windows 10.