Policy
Limits the number of user data snapshots retained for use in case of emergency rollback
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Following each major version update, Microsoft Edge creates a snapshot of parts of the user's browsing data to use if there's a later emergency that requires a temporary version rollback. If a temporary rollback is performed to a version for which a user has a corresponding snapshot, the data in the snapshot is restored. This restoration lets users retain settings such as bookmarks and autofill data. If you don't configure this policy, the default value of 3 snapshots is used. If you configure this policy, old snapshots are deleted as needed to respect the limit you set. If you set this policy to 0, no snapshots are taken.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Limits the number of user data snapshots retained for use in case of emergency rollback: ID UserDataSnapshotRetentionLimit | decimal | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Value name UserDataSnapshotRetentionLimit Type REG_DWORD | Range: 0 to 5 |