title	List Windows settings
description	Get a list of windowsSetting objects and their properties for a user.
author	MS-Arko
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ms.date	04/19/2024

List Windows settings

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Get a list of windowsSetting objects and their properties for a user.

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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

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Note

The calling user must be assigned the Microsoft 365 Backup Administrator Microsoft Entra role.
The UserWindowsSettings.Read permission allows the app to read the settings of only the signed-in user.
The UserWindowsSettings.Read.All permission allows the app to read the settings of a specific user.

HTTP request

For a specific user:

GET /users/{user-id}@{tenant-id}/settings/windows

Note

The {tenant-id} value must match the tenant ID of the calling user. To find your tenant ID, see How to find your Microsoft Entra tenant ID.

For the signed-in user:

GET /me/settings/windows

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $filter OData query parameter to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

You can filter the results by the following properties:

windowsDeviceId: A string value that represents the unique identifier of a Windows device. This identifier can be found in the response body. When you filter on windowsDeviceId, you can get a list of settings specific to that device. Only the equality (eq) comparison is supported for this parameter.
settingType: An enumeration with the following valid values: roaming and backup. The settingType property allows you to narrow down the results to settings related to either roaming or backup. Only the equality (eq) comparison is supported for this parameter. For more information, see windowsSettingType.

For more information about how to use this query parameter, see the Examples section.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Prefer	Optional. This API supports the odata.maxpagesize parameter through this header for pagination purposes. The minimum and maximum valid values for odata.maxpagesize are 1 and 200 respectively. If no value is passed, the default value is 110.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of windowsSetting objects in the response body.

If the response contains more than one page of data, the response body contains an @odata.nextLink property. This property will contain a URL that can be used to request the next page of data. The URL should be used without any modification.

Examples

Example 1: Request without any filter

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/windows

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "default$windows.data.fileexplorerclassic.searchsettings",
      "windowsDeviceId": "c9e0f7d8-2b1a-4f6e-9b7c-8e3a1a3e5b0d",
      "settingType": "backup",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.fileexplorerclassic.searchsettings",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "9715f1d9-49d1-4b94-041b-443ac419d417",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBqdXN0IGFuIGV4YW1wbGUh",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "default$windows.data.input.devices.pensyncedsettings",
      "windowsDeviceId": "a4b9d6e7-8f3c-4d2a-b1e0-6c5f0e9a7d8b",
      "settingType": "backup",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.input.devices.pensyncedsettings",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "666dcb9b-49d1-4b94-041b-443ac419d417",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBhbm90aGVyIGp1c3QgYW4gZXhhbXBsZSE=",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    }
  ],
  "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/windows?$skiptoken=eyJzZXRhZyI6ImJmY2I2ZjQwLWM5ZGQtMTFlZS05MTE3LTAxMDIwMzA1MDcwZCIsImlldGFnIjoiMDAwMDAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwIiwiZW5kRVRhZyI6IjEwMDJkOGYwLWM2NTItMTRkYy05MTE3LTAxMDIwMzA1MDcwZCIsImV0YWciOiJjMDMzZjUxMC1jOWRkLTExZWUtOTExNy0wMTAyMDMwNTA3MGQiLCJsdHNsIjoiYzAzM2Y1MTAtYzlkZC0xMWVlLTkxMTctMDEwMjAzMDUwNzBkIiwibmV4dCI6dHJ1ZX0%3d"
}

Example 2: Request with filter by `roaming` settingType

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/windows?$filter=settingType eq 'roaming'

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "default$windows.data.fileexplorerclassic.shellstatesettings",
      "settingType": "roaming",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.fileexplorerclassic.shellstatesettings",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "0b3af867-49d1-4b94-041b-443ac419d417",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBqdXN0IGFuIGV4YW1wbGUh",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "default$windows.data.fileexplorerclassic.cabinetstatesettings",
      "settingType": "roaming",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.fileexplorerclassic.cabinetstatesettings",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "5038fa1b-49d1-4b94-041b-443ac419d417",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBhbm90aGVyIGp1c3QgYW4gZXhhbXBsZSE=",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    }
  ]
}

Example 3: Request with filter by `backup` settingType

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/windows?$filter=settingType eq 'backup'

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "{67585f9f-ee4b-4dd8-808e-d88375d66ef7}$windows.data.apps.devicemetadata",
      "windowsDeviceId": "67585f9f-ee4b-4dd8-808e-d88375d66ef7",
      "settingType": "backup",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.apps.devicemetadata",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "14b50191-10e5-4da5-9099-8c909b8458bd",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBhbm90aGVyIGp1c3QgYW4gZXhhbXBsZSE=",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "{55f26da7-5824-4937-9028-9bba274f049f}$windows.data.apps.devicemetadata",
      "windowsDeviceId": "55f26da7-5824-4937-9028-9bba274f049f",      
      "settingType": "backup",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.apps.devicemetadata",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "da2f0307-2a8d-4242-846f-56abd95f7213",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBqdXN0IGFuIGV4YW1wbGUh",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    }
  ]
}

Example 4: Request with filter by `windowsDeviceId`

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/windows?$filter=windowsDeviceId eq '67585f9f-ee4b-4dd8-808e-d88375d66ef7'

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsSetting",
      "id": "{67585f9f-ee4b-4dd8-808e-d88375d66ef7}$windows.data.apps.devicemetadata",
      "windowsDeviceId": "67585f9f-ee4b-4dd8-808e-d88375d66ef7",
      "settingType": "backup",
      "payloadType": "windows.data.apps.devicemetadata",
      "instances": [
                {
                    "id": "14b50191-10e5-4da5-9099-8c909b8458bd",
                    "payload": "VGhpcyBpcyBqdXN0IGFuIGV4YW1wbGUh",
                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-31T23:30:41Z",
                    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-12T19:34:35.223Z",
                    "expirationDateTime": "2034-02-09T19:34:33.771Z"
                }
            ]
    }
  ]
}

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List Windows settings

Permissions

HTTP request

Optional query parameters

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Request without any filter

Request

Response

Example 2: Request with filter by roaming settingType

Request

Response

Example 3: Request with filter by backup settingType

Request

Response

Example 4: Request with filter by windowsDeviceId

Request

Response

Example 2: Request with filter by `roaming` settingType

Example 3: Request with filter by `backup` settingType

Example 4: Request with filter by `windowsDeviceId`