ScreenCaptureAllowed

Allow or deny screen capture

Supported versions

• On Windows and macOS since 83 or later

Description

If you enable this policy, or don't configure this policy, a web page can use screen-share APIs (for example, getDisplayMedia() or the Desktop Capture extension API) for a screen capture. If you disable this policy, calls to screen-share APIs will fail. For example, if you're using a web-based online meeting, video or screen sharing will not work. However, this policy is not considered (and a site will be allowed to use screen-share APIs) if the site matches an origin pattern in any of the following policies: ScreenCaptureAllowedByOrigins, WindowCaptureAllowedByOrigins, TabCaptureAllowedByOrigins, SameOriginTabCaptureAllowedByOrigins.

Supported features

• Can be mandatory: Yes
• Can be recommended: No
• Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
• Per Profile: Yes
• Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

• Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

• GP unique name: ScreenCaptureAllowed
• GP name: Allow or deny screen capture
• GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
• GP path (Recommended): N/A
• GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Disabled

Registry settings

• Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
• Path (Recommended): N/A
• Value name: ScreenCaptureAllowed
• Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000000

Mac information and settings

• Preference Key name: ScreenCaptureAllowed
• Example value:

<false/>

See also

• Microsoft Edge - Policies