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PinBrowserEssentialsToolbarButton

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Pin browser essentials toolbar button

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 114 or later

Description

This policy lets you configure whether to pin the Browser essentials button on the toolbar.

When the button is pinned, it will always appear on the toolbar.

When the button isn't pinned, it will only appear when there's an alert. An example of this kind of alert is the performance detector alert that indicates the browser is using high CPU or memory.

If you enable or don't configure this policy, the Browser essentials button will be pinned on the toolbar.

If you disable this policy, the Browser essentials button won't be pinned on the toolbar.

Learn more about browser essentials: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2240439

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: PinBrowserEssentialsToolbarButton
  • GP name: Pin browser essentials toolbar button
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Performance
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/Performance
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

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

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: PinBrowserEssentialsToolbarButton
  • Example value:
<true/>

See also