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Automatically Log off Disconnected


User Sessions on Windows
By Rahul — December 15, 2019  2 Mins Read — Updated: July 20, 2021

Many times users connect to remote Windows systems, do work, and close the remote
session without properly log off the account. In that case, multiple applications, which
are still running with that login session uses system resources. Sometimes it causes a
slow response of our servers and creates pain for us. So this will be good to auto log off
disconnected sessions from the Windows system.

This tutorial will help you to log all the disconnected remote sessions on the Windows
system. This tutorial has been tested with Windows Server 2019.

Setup Auto Log Off Disconnected Sessions


We are making changes in the Local group policy of systems. So be careful with the
changes.

First of all, open the ‘Group Policy Editor‘ on your server. Start run window by pressing
“Win + R” and type gpedit.msc on run window. Privacy - Terms
The local group policy editor will be opened on your system. Then navigate to the
following location as the below given instructions:

Local Computer Policy


=> Computer Configuration
=> Administrative Templates
=> Windows Components
=> Remote Desktop Services
=> Remote Desktop Session Host
=> Session Time Limits

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You will find a list of options on the right-side. Then Double click on “Set time limit for
disconnected sessions” to open it.

By default, it is configured a ‘Not configured. Change this to ‘Enabled. Now you will see
an option “End a disconnected session” in the lower-left side. Set this value to the
desired time. I have set this to 1 hour, so any disconnected user is logged off after 1 hour.

Conclusion
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In this tutorial, you have learned to configure your Windows system to auto log out
disconnected remote sessions.

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8 COMMENTS

Simmi Decker on August 10, 2021 11:03 pm


I created this GPO on my domain controller and linked the GPO to Servers OU and in
security filtering set to Authenticated users. However it doesnt seem to be working, As far
as I know it will only work for new connections when users RDP to servers. So existing
RDP disconnected users I have logged off via a PowerShell script. Any help will be
appreciated thanks

GPO Details:
Computer Configuration (Enabled)
Policies
Administrative Templates
Policy definitions (ADMX files) retrieved from the central store.Windows
Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Session Host/Session Time
Limits
Policy Setting Comment
End session when time limits are reached Enabled
Set time limit for disconnected sessions Enabled
End a disconnected session 8 hours
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User Configuration (Enabled)
No settings defined.
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Chris on September 3, 2021 3:04 pm


I have a feeling it is for new sessions. If there are existing ones when the policy gets
applied, they likely have to be kicked, then the next time they log in the policy will take
effect. That said, I’d like to see your PS script for logging off disconnected users.
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Paul on September 13, 2021 9:02 pm


You may want to look at loopback if you’re wanting to apply computer settings to the
members of a user group.
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ElAnton on October 11, 2020 3:44 pm


So much thank you. I can’t find solution.
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Ken Castleberry on July 29, 2020 4:53 pm


Great set of instructions, many thanks Rahul.
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Muhammad Baiquni on July 3, 2020 12:00 pm


Hello,

It seams this not work to me. I’ve set the time to 10 minutes and running command
gpupdate /Force but no user logoff.
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Peter Jaffray on December 24, 2019 3:46 am


What would this be for? Is this for people using RDP? Privacy - Terms
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Rahul on December 24, 2019 4:33 am


Yes
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