Policy

Hide the button (next to the New Tab button) that opens Microsoft Edge

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Hide the button (next to the New Tab button) that opens Microsoft Edge
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Settings > Advanced settings > Browsing
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 11.0 on Windows 10, version 1703 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to manage if users can see the button (next to the New Tab button) that opens Microsoft Edge. If you enable this policy setting, the button to open Microsoft Edge from Internet Explorer will be hidden. If you disable this policy setting, the button to open Microsoft Edge from Internet Explorer will be shown. If you do not configure this policy setting, the button to open Microsoft Edge from Internet Explorer can be configured by the user.

Internal name
HideNewEdgeButton
Policy ID
d0a10e7cea19
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.