Prevent certificate error overrides
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Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Edge
Supported on
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, Version 1809 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows10

Web security certificates are used to ensure a site your users go to is legitimate, and in some circumstances encrypts the data. With this policy, you can specify whether to prevent users from bypassing the security warning to sites that have SSL errors. If enabled, overriding certificate errors are not allowed. If disabled or not configured, overriding certificate errors are allowed.

Internal name
PreventCertErrorOverrides
Policy ID
b6b8ef19824d
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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