[Tip] How to Know Which Group Policies are Currently Applied in Windows?

Almost everyone applies or enables group policies in Windows to enable or disable certain features and functionality. For example, we implement group policy to configure or disable automatic updates in Windows 10 operating system as mentioned here.

Group policies are implemented using Group Policy Editor in Windows which can be launched or accessed using gpedit.msc command in RUN dialog box (WIN+R) or Search box.

Many times we enable or disable group policies after reading articles on Internet and after some time we forget about those changes.

Some time we may want to check how many policies have been applied in our Windows device. We may want to know which policies are currently activated or applied in our computer system.

Recently a reader asked me similar question. He was facing issues in his Windows 10 device and he wanted to check which group policies did he apply in past in his computer system. He asked me how to check all group policies activated in Windows?

In this tutorial, I’ll share a few methods to quickly and easily check all group policies which are currently enabled in Windows.

Let’s start the tutorial:

METHOD 1: Using RSOP.MSC Command

RSOP stands for Resultant Set Of Policy. This tool can help you in checking all policies applied in your Windows device.

1. Open RUN dialog box by pressing WIN+R keys together and type rsop.msc and press Enter key. It’ll open RSOP tool.

Once you execute the command, it’ll take a few seconds in processing and collecting information about all activated policies. Windows will show a dialog box showing the progress.

Once RSOP window opens, you’ll see a similar interface as gpedit.msc tool.

2. Now you can expand Computer Configuration and User Configuration sections and the tool will show list of all policies applied as shown in following screenshot:

It’s a very easy and useful way to immediately check list of all group policies applied in any Windows device.

METHOD 2: Using Group Policy Editor

Yes. You read it right. Group Policy Editor also allows users to quickly check which policies are currently enabled in Windows.

You can use following simple steps to check all policies applied in your computer system:

1. Open RUN dialog box by pressing WIN+R keys together and type gpedit.msc and press Enter key. It’ll open Group Policy Editor.

2. Now navigate to following sections one by one:

The All Settings page displays complete list of all policies present in Windows.

3. To check all policies that are currently enabled or disabled in your computer, click on State column header as shown in following screenshot:

It’ll immediately sort list of policies based on their state and all policies that are currently enabled or disabled will move to top.

Now you can check which policies are activated in your computer system.

METHOD 3: Using GPResult Command

Windows also comes with a command-line tool called gpresult which can be used in Command Prompt to get a detailed list of all policies enabled or disabled in a device.

You may have already noticed the gpresult command mentioned in progress dialog box which is shown by Windows when we launch RSOP tool as mentioned in METHOD 1.

To use gpresult command, check out following steps:

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator using any method given here.

2. Now run following command:

It’ll take a few seconds in collecting information and then it’ll display a detailed list of all policies activated in your Windows device.

PS: You can also use following variations of gpresult command to get separate lists of policies applied for the computer and user:

That’s it. Above are a few methods to check which group policies are currently applied in a Windows device. If you know about any other method, feel free to share it in comment.

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