Policy
Allow freezing of background tabs (obsolete)
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
OBSOLETE: This policy is obsolete and doesn't work after Microsoft Edge 86. This policy doesn't work, use 'SleepingTabsEnabled' (Configure sleeping tabs) instead. Controls whether Microsoft Edge can freeze tabs that are in the background for at least 5 minutes. Tab freezing reduces CPU, battery, and memory usage. Microsoft Edge uses heuristics to avoid freezing tabs that do useful work in the background, such as display notifications, play sound, and stream video. If you enable or don't configure this policy, tabs that are in the background for at least 5 minutes might be frozen. If you disable this policy, no tabs are frozen.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Value name TabFreezingEnabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
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