Prevent bypassing of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about downloads
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Microsoft Edge > SmartScreen settings
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 77, Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

This policy lets you determine whether users can override Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about unverified downloads. If you enable this policy, users in your organization can't ignore Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings, and they're prevented from completing the unverified downloads. If you disable or don't configure this policy, users can ignore Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings and complete unverified downloads. This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain, Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise instances that enrolled for device management, or macOS instances that are that are managed via MDM or joined to a domain via MCX.

Internal name
PreventSmartScreenPromptOverrideForFiles
Policy ID
01d01302688e
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
PreventSmartScreenPromptOverrideForFiles
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
PreventSmartScreenPromptOverrideForFiles
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.