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Allow suggestions from local providers

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 83 or later

Description

Allow suggestions from suggestion providers on the device (local providers), for example, Favorites and Browsing History, in Microsoft Edge's Address Bar and Auto-Suggest List.

If you enable this policy, suggestions from local providers are used.

If you disable this policy, suggestions from local providers are never used. Local history and local favorites suggestions will not appear.

If you do not configure this policy, suggestions from local providers are allowed but the user can change that using the settings toggle.

Note that some features may not be available if a policy to disable this feature has been applied. For example, Browsing History suggestions will not be available if you enable the SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled policy.

This policy requires a browser restart to finish applying.

Supported features

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

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: LocalProvidersEnabled
  • GP name: Allow suggestions from local providers
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Disabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
  • Value name: LocalProvidersEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000000

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: LocalProvidersEnabled
  • Example value:
<false/>

See also