Policy
Turn off InPrivate Browsing
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to turn off the InPrivate Browsing feature. InPrivate Browsing prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about a user's browsing session. This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data. If you enable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing is turned off. If you disable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing is available for use. If you do not configure this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing can be turned on or off through the registry.
Internal name
DisableInPrivateBrowsing
Policy ID
82342449c19d
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy Value name EnableInPrivateBrowsing | REG_DWORD | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy
Value name
EnableInPrivateBrowsing
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.