Turn on Suggested Sites
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 8.0

This policy setting controls the Suggested Sites feature, which recommends websites based on the user’s browsing activity. Suggested Sites reports a user’s browsing history to Microsoft to suggest sites that the user might want to visit. If you enable this policy setting, the user is not prompted to enable Suggested Sites. The user’s browsing history is sent to Microsoft to produce suggestions. If you disable this policy setting, the entry points and functionality associated with this feature are turned off. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can turn on and turn off the Suggested Sites feature.

Internal name
EnableSuggestedSites
Policy ID
3e28b923360c
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Suggested Sites
Value name
Enabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Suggested Sites
Value name
Enabled
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.