Policy
Set the new tab page as the home page
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Configures the default home page in Microsoft Edge. You can set the home page to a URL you specify or to the new tab page. If you enable this policy, the Home button is set to the new tab page as configured by the user or with the policy 'NewTabPageLocation' (Configure the new tab page URL) and the URL set with the policy 'HomepageLocation' (Configure the home page URL) is not taken into consideration. If you disable this policy, the Home button is the set URL as configured by the user or as configured in the policy 'HomepageLocation'. If you don't configure this policy, users can choose whether the set URL or the new tab page is their home page. This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain, joined to Microsoft Azure Active Directory, or instances that enrolled for device management. On macOS, this policy is available only on instances that are managed via MDM or joined to a domain via MCX.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended Value name HomepageIsNewTabPage | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.