Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Intune and Intune for Education can configure Microsoft Edge settings. This article summarizes the configurations that are most commonly used for student and teacher devices that provide a clean and seamless experience for staff and students.

Microsoft Edge supports mandatory and recommended policies. Mandatory policies override user preferences and prevent the user from modifying the policy. Recommended policies provide a default setting that the user can override. Most policies are only mandatory but there's a subset that is mandatory and recommended. If both versions of a policy are set, the mandatory setting takes precedence. A recommended policy can be overwritten by the user.

Note

Microsoft Intune settings catalog categories:

  • Mandatory policies category: Microsoft Edge
  • Recommended policies category: Microsoft Edge – Default Settings (users can override)

To learn more, see:

Tip

When creating a settings catalog profile in the Microsoft Intune admin center, you can copy a policy name from this article and paste it into the settings picker search field to find the desired policy.

Category Name Value Notes CSP
Microsoft Edge Ads setting for sites with intrusive ads Disabled Block ads on sites with intrusive ads. AdsSettingForIntrusiveAdsSites
Microsoft Edge Allow feature recommendations and browser assistance notifications from Microsoft Edge Disabled This setting controls the in-browser assistance notifications, which are intended to help users get the most out of Microsoft Edge by recommending features and by helping them use browser features. ShowRecommendationsEnabled
Microsoft Edge Allow import of data from other browsers on each Microsoft Edge launch Disabled Users will never see a prompt to import their browsing data from other browsers on each Microsoft Edge launch. ImportOnEachLaunch
Microsoft Edge Allow importing of browser settings Disabled Browser settings aren't imported at first run, and users can't import them manually. ImportBrowserSettings
Microsoft Edge Allow importing of favorites Disabled Favorites aren't imported at first run, and users can't import them manually. ImportFavorites
Microsoft Edge Allow suggestions from local providers Disabled Suggestions from local providers are never used. Local history and local favorites suggestions won't appear. LocalProvidersEnabled
Microsoft Edge Allow surf game Disabled Users won't be able to play the surf game when the device is offline or if the user navigates to edge://surf. AllowSurfGame
Microsoft Edge Allow user feedback Disabled Microsoft Edge uses the Edge Feedback feature (enabled by default) to allow users to send feedback, suggestions, or customer surveys and to report any issues with the browser. UserFeedbackAllowed
Microsoft Edge Allow users to access the games menu Disabled Users won't be able to access the games menu. AllowGamesMenu
Microsoft Edge Allow users to proceed from the HTTPS warning page Disabled Users are blocked from clicking through any warning page. SSLErrorOverrideAllowed
Microsoft Edge Allow websites to query for available payment methods Disabled Websites that use Payment Request will be informed that no payment methods are available. PaymentMethodQueryEnabled
Microsoft Edge Block access to a list of URLs Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. URLBlocklist
Microsoft Edge Block access to a list of URLs > Block access to a list of URLs (Device) edge://flags Define a list of sites, based on URL patterns, that are blocked (your users can't load them). URLBlocklist
Microsoft Edge Block all ads on Bing search results Enabled A user can search on bing.com and have an ad-free search experience. At the same time, the SafeSearch setting will be set to 'Strict' and can't be changed by the user. BingAdsSuppression
Microsoft Edge Block tracking of users' web-browsing activity Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. TrackingPrevention
Microsoft Edge Block tracking of users' web-browsing activity > Block tracking of users' web-browsing activity (Device) Balanced (blocks harmful trackers and trackers from sites user has nt visited; content and ads will be less personalized#) Optional:
Strict (blocks harmful trackers and majority of trackers from all sites; content and ads will have minimal personalization. Some parts of sites might not work)
TrackingPrevention
Microsoft Edge Browser sign-in settings Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. BrowserSignin
Microsoft Edge Browser sign-in settings > Browser sign-in settings (Device) Force users to sign-in to use the browser This policy requires user cloud identity. BrowserSignin
Microsoft Edge Clear browsing data when Microsoft Edge closes Disabled Users can configure the Clear browsing data option in Settings. ClearBrowsingDataOnExit
Microsoft Edge Configure Do Not Track Enable Do Not Track requests let the websites you visit know that you don't want your browsing activity to be tracked. ConfigureDoNotTrack
Microsoft Edge Configure InPrivate mode availability Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. InPrivateModeAvailability
Microsoft Edge Configure InPrivate mode availability > Configure InPrivate mode availability (Device) InPrivate mode disabled InPrivateModeAvailability
Microsoft Edge Configure whether a user always has a default profile automatically signed in with their work or school account Enabled A non-removable profile will be created with the user's work or school account on Windows. This profile can't be signed out or removed. NonRemovableProfileEnabled
Microsoft Edge Continue running background apps after Microsoft Edge closes Disabled Background mode disable to prevent conflicts with assessment software. BackgroundModeEnabled
Microsoft Edge Control where developer tools can be used Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. DeveloperToolsAvailability
Microsoft Edge Control where developer tools can be used (Device) Don't allow using the developer tools DeveloperToolsAvailability
Microsoft Edge Default sensors setting Disabled Don't allow any site to access sensors. DefaultSensorsSetting
Microsoft Edge Enable AutoFill for addresses Disabled AutoFill never suggests or fills in address information, nor does it save additional address information that the user might submit while browsing the web. AutofillAddressEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enable AutoFill for payment instruments Disabled AutoFill never suggests, fills, or recommends new payment Instruments. Additionally, it won't save any payment instrument information that users submit while browsing the web. AutofillCreditCardEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enable Drop feature in Microsoft Edge Disabled Drop lets users send messages or files to themselves. EdgeEDropEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enable full-tab promotional content Disabled This setting controls the presentation of welcome pages that help users sign into Microsoft Edge, choose their default browser, or learn about product features. PromotionalTabsEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enable Microsoft Search in Bing suggestions in the address bar Enabled Enables the display of relevant Microsoft Search in Bing suggestions in the address bar's suggestion list when the user types a search string in the address bar. AddressBarMicrosoftSearchInBingProviderEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enable profile creation from the Identity flyout menu or the Settings page Disabled Users can't add new profiles from the Identity flyout menu or the Settings page. BrowserAddProfileEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enable search suggestions Enabled Enables web search suggestions in Microsoft Edge's Address Bar and Auto-Suggest List. SearchSuggestEnabled
Microsoft Edge Enforce Bing SafeSearch Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. ForceBingSafeSearch
Microsoft Edge Enforce Bing SafeSearch (Device) Configure strict search restrictions in Bing ForceBingSafeSearch
Microsoft Edge Enforce Google SafeSearch Enabled Forces queries in Google Web Search to be performed with SafeSearch set to active, and prevents users from changing this setting. ForceGoogleSafeSearch
Microsoft Edge Force minimum YouTube Restricted Mode Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. ForceYouTubeRestrict
Microsoft Edge Force minimum YouTube Restricted Mode (Device) Enforce Strict Restricted Mode for YouTube ForceYouTubeRestrict
Microsoft Edge Force synchronization of browser data and do not show the sync consent prompt Enabled Forces data synchronization in Microsoft Edge. This policy also prevents the user from turning sync off. ForceSync
Microsoft Edge Hide the First-run experience and splash screen Enabled The First-run experience and the splash screen won't be shown to users when they run Microsoft Edge for the first time. HideFirstRunExperience
Microsoft Edge In-app support Enabled Disabled Microsoft Edge uses the in-app support feature (enabled by default) to allow users to contact our support agents directly from the browser. InAppSupportEnabled
Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge Insider Promotion Enabled Disabled The Microsoft Edge Insider promotion content won't be shown on the About Microsoft Edge page. MicrosoftEdgeInsiderPromotionEnabled
Microsoft Edge Save and fill memberships Disabled Users can't have their membership info automatically saved and used to fill form fields while using Microsoft Edge. AutofillMembershipsEnabled
Microsoft Edge Send all intranet sites to Internet Explorer Disabled SendIntranetToInternetExplorer
Microsoft Edge Shopping in Microsoft Edge Enabled Disabled Shopping features such as price comparison, coupons, rebates, and express checkout won't be automatically found for retail domains. EdgeShoppingAssistantEnabled
Microsoft Edge Show Hubs Sidebar Disabled The Sidebar will never be shown. HubsSidebarEnabled
Microsoft Edge Show Microsoft Rewards experiences Disabled ShowMicrosoftRewards
Microsoft Edge > Content settings Configure cookies Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. DefaultCookiesSetting
Microsoft Edge > Content settings Configure cookies (Device) Let all sites create cookies DefaultCookiesSetting
Microsoft Edge > Content settings Default pop-up window setting Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. DefaultPopupsSetting
Microsoft Edge > Content settings Default pop-up window setting (Device) Allow all sites to show pop-ups DefaultPopupsSetting
Microsoft Edge > Experimentation Configure users ability to override feature flags Disabled Users can't override state of feature flags using command line arguments or edge://flags page. FeatureFlagOverridesControl
Microsoft Edge > Extensions Blocks external extensions from being installed Disabled External extensions are allowed to be installed. BlockExternalExtensions
Microsoft Edge > Extensions Control which extensions cannot be installed Disabled The user can install any extension in Microsoft Edge. ExtensionInstallBlocklist
Microsoft Edge > Identity and sign-in Enable implicit sign-in Enabled Edge will attempt to sign the user into their profile based on what and how they sign in to their OS. ImplicitSignInEnabled
Microsoft Edge > Printing Enable printing Enabled PrintingEnabled
Microsoft Edge > SmartScreen settings Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen to block potentially unwanted apps Enabled Potentially unwanted app blocking with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen provides warning messages to help protect users from adware, coin miners, bundleware, and other low-reputation apps that are hosted by websites. SmartScreenPuaEnabled
Microsoft Edge > SmartScreen settings Prevent bypassing Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prompts for sites Enabled Users can't ignore Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings and they're blocked from continuing to the site. PreventSmartScreenPromptOverride
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page Allow Microsoft News content on the new tab page Disabled Microsoft Edge does not display Microsoft News content on the new tab page, the Content control in the NTP settings flyout is disabled and set to 'Content off'. NewTabPageContentEnabled
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page Hide the default top sites from the new tab page Enabled The default top site tiles are hidden. NewTabPageHideDefaultTopSites
Microsoft Edge Update > Applications Update policy override default Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. UpdateDefault
Microsoft Edge Update > Applications Update policy override default > Policy (Device) Always allow updates (recommended) UpdateDefault

(Optional) Startup, home page and new tab page

Category Name Value Notes CSP
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page Action to take on startup custom Specify how Microsoft Edge behaves when it starts. RestoreOnStartup
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page Configure the home page URL Enabled Configures the default home page URL in Microsoft Edge. The home page is the page opened by the Home button. HomepageLocation
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page Home page URL (Device) custom url HomepageLocation
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page Configure the new tab page URL Disabled This policy determines the page that's opened when new tabs are created (including when new windows are opened). It also affects the startup page if that's set to open to the new tab page. NewTabPageLocation
Microsoft Edge > Startup, home page and new tab page New tab page URL (Device) custom url NewTabPageLocation

(Optional) Content settings in Microsoft 365 admin center

If you leave the default configuration, when users open a new tab page they'll see a combination of the Microsoft 365 feed and news. You can control the visibility of news from the Microsoft 365 admin center.

  1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center (https://admin.microsoft.com), go to Settings > Org settings > Services > News.
  2. In the News panel, click Microsoft Edge new tab page.
  3. Untick Show company information and industry news on the new tab page.