How to Allow or Deny OS and Apps Access to Call History in Windows 10
Windows 10 provides a wealth of data access to make apps useful and valuable to you. These capabilities, which are security constructs that gate access to personal data, include things like Calendar, Contacts, Call History, and more. Each capability has its own privacy settings page so that you can control it and what apps and services can use that capability.
In Windows 10, users can allow or deny apps access to their call history.
Starting with Windows 10 build 17063, you can now allow or deny Windows 10 and apps access to call history on your device (PC) for all users.
If you allow access, users on your PC will be able to turn on or off if their apps have access to their call history. If you turn on to let apps access your call history, you can choose to turn on (allow) or off (deny) access for individual apps.
This tutorial will show you how to change Privacy settings to allow or deny Windows and apps access to call history for all users or only your account in Windows 10.
CONTENTS:
- Option One: Allow or Deny Windows and Apps Access to Call History for All Users in Settings
- Option Two: Allow or Deny Windows and Apps Access to Call History for All Users using a REG file
- Option Three: Turn On or Off Let Apps Access Your Call History in Settings
- Option Four: Turn On or Off Let Apps Access Your Call History using a REG file
- Option Five: Turn On or Off Let Specific Apps Access Call History Info in Settings
- Option Six: Enable or Disable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts in Local Group Policy Editor
- Option Seven: Enable or Disable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts using a REG file
OPTION ONE
Allow or Deny Windows and Apps Access to Call History for All Users in Settings
This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 17063.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this option.
1. Open
Settings, and click/tap on the
Privacy icon.
2. Click/tap on
Call history on the left side, click/tap on the
Change button on the right side, and turn
On (default) or
Off Call history access for this device for what you want. (see screenshots below)

OPTION TWO
Allow or Deny Windows and Apps Access to Call History for All Users using a REG file
This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 17063.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this option.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the string value in the registry key below.
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\phoneCallHistory
Value string value
Deny = Off
Allow = On
1. Do
step 2 (on) or
step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2. To Turn On Allow Windows and Apps Access to Call History for All Users
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Turn_ON_Windows_and_apps_access_to_call_history_for_device.reg
Download
3. To Turn Off Allow Windows and Apps Access to Call History for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_Windows_and_apps_access_to_call_history_for_device.reg
Download
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 now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
OPTION THREE
Turn On or Off Let Apps Access Your Call History in Settings
The setting in this option will be grayed out unless Call history access for this device is turned on from Option One or Option Two above.
1. Open
Settings, and click/tap on the
Privacy icon.
2. Click/tap on
Call history on the left side, and turn
On (default) or
Off Allow apps to access your call history on the right side for what you want. (see screenshots below)

OPTION FOUR
Turn On or Off Let Apps Access Your Call History using a REG file
This option will not get applied until Call history access for this device is turned on from Option One or Option Two above.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the string value in the registry key below.
Code:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\phoneCallHistory
Value string value
Deny = Off
Allow = On
1. Do
step 2 (on) or
step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2. To Turn On Let Apps Access Your Call History
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Turn_ON_apps_access_to_call_history_for_current_account.reg
Download
3. To Turn Off Let Apps Access Your Call History
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_apps_access_to_call_history_for_current_account.reg
Download
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 now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
OPTION FIVE
Turn On or Off Let Specific Apps Access Your Call History in Settings
The settings in this option will be grayed out unless Allow apps to access your call history is turned on from Option Three or Option Four above.
The settings for this option are stored in the subkeys in the registry key below. Each subkey represents a listed app.
Code:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\phoneCallHistory

1. Open
Settings, and click/tap on the
Privacy icon.
2. Click/tap on
Call history on the left side, turn
On or
Off apps you want under
Choose which apps can access your call history on the right side. (see screenshot below)
The built-in Phone app will always have access to your call history.
Note that each legacy app will not appear individually in the list like Store apps do, but they will respect the toggle starting with Windows 10 build 17063.

OPTION SIX
Enable or Disable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts in Local Group Policy Editor
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this option.
This option will override Option One and Option Two above.
Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. All editions can use Option Seven below to do this using a .reg file instead though.
1. Open the
Local Group Policy Editor.
2. In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\App Privacy

3. In the right pane of
App Privacy in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the
Let Windows apps access call history policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)
4. Do
step 5 (enable) or
step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
5. To Enable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts
This is the default setting.
A) Select (dot)
Not Configured, click/tap on
OK, and go to
step 7 below. (see screenshot below)
6. To Disable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts
A) Select (dot)
Enabled, select
Force Deny in the "Default for all apps" drop menu under
Options, click/tap on
OK, and go to
step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.
OPTION SEVEN
Enable or Disable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts using a REG file
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this option.
Setting this option to disable will gray out and override Option One and Option Two above.
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD and hex values in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppPrivacy
LetAppsAccessCallHistory DWORD value
(delete) = Enable
2 = Disable
LetAppsAccessCallHistory_UserInControlOfTheseApps hex value
LetAppsAccessCallHistory_ForceAllowTheseApps hex value
LetAppsAccessCallHistory_ForceDenyTheseApps hex value
(delete) = Enable
hex(7):00,00 = Disable
1. Do
step 2 (on) or
step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2. To Enable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Enable_Let_apps_access_call_history.reg
Download
3. To Disable Let Windows Apps Access Call History for All Accounts
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Disable_Let_apps_access_call_history.reg
Download
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 now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn