Policy
Default search provider search URL
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Specifies the URL of the search engine used for a default search. The URL contains the string '{searchTerms}', which is replaced at query time by the terms the user is searching for. Specify Bing's search URL as: '{bing:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}'. Specify Google's search URL as: '{google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}ie={inputEncoding}'. This policy is required when you enable the 'DefaultSearchProviderEnabled' (Enable the default search provider) policy; if you don't enable the latter policy, this policy is ignored. Starting in Microsoft Edge 84, you can set this policy as a recommended policy. If the user has already set a default search provider, the default search provider configured by this recommended policy won't be added to the list of search providers the user can choose from. If this is the desired behavior, use the 'ManagedSearchEngines' (Manage Search Engines) policy. Example value: https://search.contoso.com/search?q={searchTerms}
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Default search provider search URL ID DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL | text | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Value name DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL Type REG_SZ | None |