How to remove security exceptions in Edge

Question

I'm using Edge version 88.  I recently chose to proceed to a website despite the fact that the certificate was out-of-date.  How do I remove that exception?  I got as far as the following, but nothing I click on seems to show me exceptions.  I'm not a security expert, so I may be staring at a list of exceptions without recognizing them.

Answer 1

How do I remove that exception?  

What 'exception' are you referring to? If you visit a site whose certificate has expired, Edge will show you a warning saying so, but giving you the option to visit it anyway - sysadmins (even at Microsoft) sometimes forget to renew certificates, but it doesn't usually take long for them to realize their omission and correct it. The fact that you once visited a particular site whose certificate had expired will not be remembered, so you should see the same warning each time you visit it in a new browser session. 

You can check whether the certificate is valid by clicking on the icon at the left-hand end of the address bar. If the certificate is in order, the icon will be a padlock. Depending on your version of Edge, either you will see the certificate icon on the pop-down window that opens, or you have to click on the Connection is secure message to see it. Click on the icon; the certificate's expiry date is given on the General tab of the dialogue.

Sorry if I've misunderstood your concern. Please explain what you mean if I have ...

Answer 2

My name is Ru. I'm an Independent Advisor and I'll be glad to help you today.

Can you go to the same website and on the left side of the address bar where is says the web address there should be a lock sign.

Click on that and see if the certificate is valid. If it's not you should be able to remove it.

Answer 3

Hi, Ru,

I did find that method, but it's not ideal.  One has to remember what sites were granted exceptions.  Is there not a way to see a list of exceptions?

Answer 4

I just tested this, and Edge *does* remember the permission to visit website whose certificate is expired.  As I mentioned to Ru, I discovered the method you described, but I'm hoping that there is a way to see all sites for which I gave permission to visit a bad certificate.

I don't think I can just assume that the certificate expiration will be resolved in short order. It depends on the organization.  I recall some establishments for which certificates seem to be perpetually expired.

Answer 5

Can you go to the Control Panel > Internet Options > Content tab > Certificates and select Intended Purpose to "All.

Under that, there will be a lot of tabs. when you scroll to the right there will be tabs named "Trusted Publishers" and "Untrusted Publishers". See if you can find it over there.