Policy
Prevent bypassing Windows Defender SmartScreen prompts for sites
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10
This policy setting lets you decide whether employees can override the Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings about potentially malicious websites. If you enable this setting, employees can't ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and they are blocked from continuing to the site. If you disable or don't configure this setting, employees can ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and continue to the site.
Internal name
PreventSmartScreenPromptOverride
Policy ID
ab181ed1d4a1
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter\PreventOverride | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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