Policy
Block access to a list of URLs
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Defines a list of sites, based on URL patterns, that are blocked (your users can't load them). Format the URL pattern according to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. You can define exceptions in the 'URLAllowlist' (Define a list of allowed URLs) policy. These policies are limited to 1000 entries; subsequent entries are ignored. Blocking internal 'edge://*' and 'chrome-untrusted://*' URLs isn't recommended - this may lead to unexpected errors. This policy doesn't prevent the page from updating dynamically through JavaScript. For example, if you block 'contoso.com/abc', users can visit 'contoso.com' and select on a link to visit 'contoso.com/abc', as long as the page doesn't refresh. If you don't configure this policy, no URLs are blocked. This policy doesn't work as expected with file://* wildcards. Example value: contoso.com https://ssl.server.com hosting.com/bad_path https://server:8080/path .exact.hostname.com custom_scheme:* *
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block access to a list of URLs ID URLBlocklistDesc | list | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist Value name 1, 2, … Type REG_SZ | List: standard |