Policy
Block idle detection on these sites
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Allows you to specify a list of URL patterns for sites that are not allowed to use the Idle Detection API. Only the origin of the URL is evaluated. Any path specified in a URL pattern is ignored. Wildcards, *, are supported. For detailed information about valid URL pattern formats, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. If you do not configure this policy, the default behavior applies to all sites. The default behavior is determined by the DefaultIdleDetectionSetting policy, if configured, or by the user’s personal settings otherwise. Example value: https://www.example.com [*.]example.edu
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocked sites for idle detection ID IdleDetectionBlockedForUrlsDesc | list | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\IdleDetectionBlockedForUrls Value name 1, 2, … Type REG_SZ | List: standard |