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AutoplayAllowlist

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Allow media autoplay on specific sites

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 93 or later

Description

Define a list of sites, based on URL patterns, that are allowed to autoplay media.

If you don't configure this policy, the global default value from the AutoplayAllowed policy (if set) or the user's personal configuration is used for all sites.

For detailed information about valid url patterns, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322.

Note: * is not an accepted value for this policy.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • List of strings

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: AutoplayAllowlist
  • GP name: Allow media autoplay on specific sites
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

https://www.contoso.com

[*.]contoso.edu

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoplayAllowlist
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: 1, 2, 3, ...
  • Value type: List of REG_SZ

Example registry value

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoplayAllowlist\1 =

https://www.contoso.com

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoplayAllowlist\2 =

[*.]contoso.edu

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: AutoplayAllowlist
  • Example value:
<array>
  <string>https://www.contoso.com</string>
  <string>[*.]contoso.edu</string>
</array>

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