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Force direct intranet site navigation instead of searching on single word entries in the Address Bar
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 78 or later
Description
If you enable this policy, the top auto-suggest result in the address bar suggestion list will navigate to intranet sites if the text entered in the address bar is a single word without punctuation.
Default navigation when typing a single word without punctuation will conduct a navigation to an intranet site matching the entered text.
If you enable this policy, the second auto-suggest result in the address bar suggestion list will conduct a web search exactly as it was entered, provided that this text is a single word without punctuation. The default search provider will be used unless a policy to prevent web search is also enabled.
Two effects of enabling this policy are:
Navigation to sites in response to single word queries that would typically resolve to a history item will no longer happen. Instead, the browser will attempt navigate to internal sites that may not exist in an organization's intranet. This will result in a 404 error.
Popular, single-word search terms will require manual selection of search suggestions to properly conduct a search.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: No
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
- Per Profile: No
- Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes
Data type
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar
- GP name: Force direct intranet site navigation instead of searching on single word entries in the Address Bar
- 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: GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000000
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar
- Example value:
<false/>