Commands on the Ribbon are disabled by the administrator

Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 Outlook for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Access for Microsoft 365 OneNote for Microsoft 365 Publisher for Microsoft 365 Excel 2024 Outlook 2024 PowerPoint 2024 Access 2024 OneNote 2024 Excel 2021 Word 2021 Outlook 2021 PowerPoint 2021 Access 2021 Publisher 2021 Visio Professional 2021 Visio Standard 2021 OneNote 2021 Excel 2019 Word 2019 Outlook 2019 PowerPoint 2019 Access 2019 Publisher 2019 Visio Professional 2019 Visio Standard 2019 Excel 2016 Word 2016 Outlook 2016 PowerPoint 2016 Access 2016 OneNote 2016 Publisher 2016 Visio Professional 2016 Visio Standard 2016 Visio Professional 2013 InfoPath 2013

Symptoms

You try to use a command on the ribbon, but the command is disabled or unavailable.

Possible cause

It’s possible that your administrator has disabled this command through group policy.

Other possible causes are:

You don't have permission to the file

The file is in Reduced Functionality Mode

The file opened in Protected View

Resolution

Contact your administrator.