Periodically as part of troubleshooting an issue, IT may ask you to refresh the group policies on your Windows computer. This article describes how to do that.

Windows 11

Right click on the Start Menu Button and another menu appears. Click on either Terminal or Terminal (Admin) to open the CMD window.

Step 2) Run gpupdate /force

Within the Command Line window, type gpupdate /force and then press Enter on your keyboard. The line "Updating Policy..." should appear in the Command Line window below where you just typed.

Step 3) Restart Your Computer

When the update has finished, you can tell that it is finished when you see the path to your username with a terminal cursor appear, it is best to restart the computer before testing again.