Policy
Allow users to configure Family safety and Kids Mode
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
This policy disables two family safety-related features in the browser. This hides the Family page inside Settings, and navigation to edge://settings/family is blocked. The family settings page describes what features are available with family groups with Microsoft Family Safety. Learn more about Family Safety here: (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2098432). Starting in Microsoft Edge version 90, this policy also disables Kids Mode, a kid-friendly browsing mode with custom themes and allow list browsing that requires the device password to exit. Learn more about Kids Mode here: (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2146910) If you enable this policy or don't configure it, the family page in Settings is shown and Kids Mode is available. If you disable this policy, the family page isn't shown, and Kids Mode is hidden.
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 FamilySafetySettingsEnabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.