Policy
Limit cookies from specific websites to the current session
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Cookies created by websites that match a URL pattern you define are deleted when the session ends (when the window closes). Cookies created by websites that don't match the pattern are controlled by the 'DefaultCookiesSetting' (Configure cookies) policy (if set) or by the user's personal configuration. This is also the default behavior if you don't configure this policy. You can also use the 'CookiesAllowedForUrls' (Allow cookies on specific sites) and 'CookiesBlockedForUrls' (Block cookies on specific sites) policies to control which websites can create cookies. Note there can't be conflicting URL patterns set between these three policies: - 'CookiesBlockedForUrls' - 'CookiesAllowedForUrls' - CookiesSessionOnlyForUrls For detailed information on valid url patterns, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. * isn't an accepted value for this policy. If you set the 'RestoreOnStartup' (Action to take on Microsoft Edge startup) policy to restore URLs from previous sessions, this policy is ignored, and cookies are stored permanently for those sites. Example value: https://www.contoso.com [*.]contoso.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Limit cookies from specific websites to the current session ID CookiesSessionOnlyForUrlsDesc | list | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\CookiesSessionOnlyForUrls Value name 1, 2, … Type REG_SZ | List: standard |