Privacy and Security Hide or Show Device Security page in Windows Security

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the Device security page in Windows Security for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Windows Security provides built-in security options to help protect your device from malicious software attacks.

What you see on the Device security page in Windows Security may vary depending upon what your hardware supports:

• Core isolation provides added protection against malware and other attacks by isolating computer processes from your operating system and device.
• Your security processor, called the trusted platform module (TPM), provides additional encryption for your device.
• Secure boot prevents a sophisticated and dangerous type of malware—a rootkit—from loading when you start your device. Rootkits use the same permissions as the operating system and start before it, which means they can completely hide themselves. Rootkits are often part of an entire suite of malware that can bypass local logins, record passwords and keystrokes, transfer private files, and capture cryptographic data.
• Data encryption helps protect your data from unauthorized access in case your device is lost or stolen.

You can hide the Device security area from users on the device. This option can be useful if you don't want users to see or have access to user-configured options for these features.

If you hide the Device security section in Windows Security and try to directly open it (ex: command), you will get the Page not available error below.



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You must be signed in as an administrator to hide or show the Device security page in Windows Security.

EXAMPLE: "Device security" page in Windows Security

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



3 In the right pane of Device security in the Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Hide the Device security area policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4 Do step 5 (show) or step 6 (hide) below for what you want.

This is the default setting.

7 If Windows Security is currently open, then close and reopen Windows Security to apply.

8 Close the Local Group Policy Editor.





1 Do step 2 (show) or step 3 (hide) below for what you would like to do.

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)





(Contents of REG file for reference)

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 Restart the computer to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink