Use Group Policy to disable commands

An administrator had a question about disabling ribbon and toolbar buttons:

How can I disable the function "Edit Message" under Message, Actions, Other Actions?

You can disable commands using group policy or by editing the registry.

Group Policy is not limited to use by network administrators. Anyone can use it.

The policy key that is used to lock out ribbon and toolbar buttons is stored in the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\xx.0\outlook\disabledcmdbaritemslist

(Replace xx with the version of Outlook: Outlook 2016 is 16; Outlook 2013 is 15; Outlook 2010 is 14; 2007 is 12.)

The Control ID value is stored in TCIDn String values, where n is the order in which the command was entered.

"TCID1"="2577" 
"TCID2"="1886" 
"TCID3"="5613" 

Disable the Edit Message command

The specific key to disable Outlook 2007's Edit Message is (when it's the first command disabled):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\DisabledCmdBarItemsList
"TCID1"="5604"

Do It For Me

If you don't want to edit the registry, I have a ready-to-use registry file you can download and run. Right click on the link and choose Save target as (IE) or Save Link As (Firefox). Double click to run it and add the values to the registry.

5604-edit-2007.reg 5604-edit-2010.reg

Command IDs

An Excel workbook containing all of the Control ID's for Outlook 2010 (most also work in Outlook 2013 & 2016) is available here. If the exact command exists for other versions of Outlook, the ID will be the same in those versions as well. (Microsoft has a series of Excel workbooks containing all of the Command IDs for all Office 2010 applications here.)

Below is a list of commonly disabled features or Control IDs I've previously looked up for one reason or another.

Most of the Control IDs are the same in all versions of Outlook (that use that command). If you know the Control ID for a command in Outlook 2003, there is a very good chance it is also used for that same command in Outlook 2013.

In most cases, if not all, the Control ID applies to all methods of accessing the command. For example, disabling Import/Export on Outlook 2010's File, Open menu also disables it in File, Options, Advanced. Keyboard shortcuts will usually still work; e.g. disabling the Delete button on the ribbon and right click menu does not block the Delete key.

Unless otherwise stated, the following commands work on Outlook 2007 and up. They may work with older versions when the same command exists.