Policy

Turn off loading websites and content in the background to optimize performance

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Control Panel > Advanced Page
Supported onAt least Internet Explorer 11.0

This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer preemptively loads websites and content in the background, speeding up performance such that when the user clicks a hyperlink, the background page seamlessly switches into view. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer doesn't load any websites or content in the background. If you disable this policy setting, Internet Explorer preemptively loads websites and content in the background. If you don't configure this policy setting, users can turn this behavior on or off, using Internet Explorer settings. This feature is turned on by default

Internal name
Advanced_DisablePrefetchPrerender
Policy ID
7200d591d597
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PrefetchPrerender\EnabledREG_DWORD
0
1

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