Avoid showing user list

The login screen normally shows a list of available users to log in as. This setting can be toggled to disable showing the user list.

  • Type: dconf

  • Key: /org/gnome/login-screen/disable-user-list

  • Default: false

Note: default system value is used for “Not Configured” and enforced if “Disabled”.

Supported on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04, 25.10.

Metadata

Element

Value

Location

Computer Policies -> Ubuntu -> Login Screen -> Avoid showing user list

Registry Key

Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\disable-user-list

Element type

boolean

Class:

Machine