FIX: Set Time Zone Automatically is Greyed Out on Windows 10/11. (Solved)

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When the “Set time zone automatically” option in Windows 10/11 is grayed out, then your computer’s time zone does not automatically change based on your physical location.

The “Set time zone automatically” option in Windows 10/11 is a very useful feature for users who often travel to different time zones or use their devices in different locations. When this option is turned on, Windows uses your computer’s internet connection to determine its geographic location and then adjusts the system’s time zone accordingly.

Since many users have reported that on their Windows 11/10 PCs, they cannot change the “Set Time Zone Automatically” setting because it is disabled (greyed out), in this tutorial you will find several methods to fix the problem.

How to Enable the “Set Time Zone Automatically” setting on Windows 11/10.

Method 1. Enable Location Services in Settings.

The “Set time zone automatically” setting in Windows 10/11 is disabled when the location services are inactivated.

To turn on the Location services in Windows 10: *

* Click here for Windows 11.

1. Go to Start > Settings > Privacy and choose Location on the left pane.

2. At Allow access to location on this device section, click the Change button and drag the slider to On.

3. Then set also the “Allow apps to access your location” switch to On.

4. That’s it! Navigate to Date and Time settings and you should be able to activate the “Set time zone automatically” feature.

To turn on the Location services in Windows 11:

1. Go to Start > Settings > Privacy & Security and at the right pane click on Location at ‘App Permissions’ section.

2. At Location settings, enable the following two options:

• Location Services
• Let apps access yo your location

3. Now, you can go to Date & Time settings and set the “Set time zone automatically” switch to On.

Method 2. Enable “Set time zone automatically” option via Registry.

The next method to set Windows to automatically adjust the time zone is through the registry editor.

1. Press Windows + R keys to open the run command box.
2. Type regedit  and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.

2a. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following location:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicestzautoupdate

2b. At the right-pane, double click at Start REG_DWORD value, type “3” in Value data box and click OK.

3a. Then navigate to this location:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionCapabilityAccessManagerConsentStorelocation

3b. At the right pane open the Value REG_SZ, type “Allow” in Value data box and click OK.

4a. Now navigate to this key:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows

4b. Right-click on the Windows key and select New > Key.

4c. Rename the “New Key #1” to “AppPrivacy” and press Enter.

4d. Then right-click at the AppPrivacy key and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.

4e. Rename the “New Value #1” to “LetAppsAccessLocation” and press Enter.

4f. Finally, open the LetAppsAccessLocation value, type “1” in Value data box and click OK.

5. Close the Registry Editor and restart the PC to apply the change.

Method 3. Enable “Set time zone automatically” in Group Policy.

1. Press Windows + R keys to open the run command box.
2. Type gpedit.msc  and press Enter to open the Group Policy Editor.

3a. In Policy Editor, go to the following path from the left:

• Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Location and Sensors > Windows Location Provider

3b. At the right pane, open the Turn off Windows Location Provider policy.

3c. Set the policy to Not Configured or Disabled and click Apply > OK.

4a. Then Navigate to this path:

• Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > App Privacy.

4b. At the right pane open the Let Windows apps access location policy.

4c. Set the policy to Enabled and below select Force Allow to allow app apps to access your location. Then click Apply > OK.

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Konstantinos Tsoukalas

Konstantinos is the founder and administrator of Repairwin.com. Since 1995 he works and provides IT support as a computer and network expert to individuals and large companies. He is specialized in solving problems related to Windows or other Microsoft products (Windows Server, Office, Microsoft 365, etc.).

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