GPO disable Clear browsing data

Russell Ang 66 Reputation points
2021-10-23T00:06:26.2+00:00

Hi,

Can help to advise if possible to grey out below option by registry or GPO. Users can't made any changes.

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  1. Noel Burgess 631 Reputation points
    2021-10-24T13:28:25.287+00:00

    Yes:
    ClearBrowsingDataOnExit
    Clear browsing data when Microsoft Edge closes

    Description
    Microsoft Edge doesn't clear the browsing data by default when it closes. Browsing data includes information entered in forms, passwords, and even the websites visited.

    If you enable this policy, all browsing data is deleted each time Microsoft Edge closes. Note that if you enable this policy, it takes precedence over how you configured DefaultCookiesSetting

    If you disable or don't configure this policy, users can configure the Clear browsing data option in Settings.

    If you enable this policy, don't configure the AllowDeletingBrowserHistory or the ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit policy, because they all deal with deleting browsing data. If you configure the preceding policies and this policy, all browsing data is deleted when Microsoft Edge closes, regardless of how you configured AllowDeletingBrowserHistory or ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit.

    To exclude cookies from being deleted on exit, configure the SaveCookiesOnExit policy.

    You can see which if any of these policies have been applied by visiting the page edge://policy. The corresponding registry entries are detailed in the linked documentation.

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  2. T. Kujala 8,766 Reputation points
    2021-10-24T08:20:52.423+00:00

    Hi @Russell Ang ,

    Have you viewed the following page for managing Edge you using GPOs?

    How to manage the new Microsoft Edge through group policy

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