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DefaultSearchProviderEncodings

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Default search provider encodings

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 77 or later

Description

Specify the character encodings supported by the search provider. Encodings are code page names like UTF-8, GB2312, and ISO-8859-1. They are tried in the order provided.

This policy is optional. If not configured, the default, UTF-8, is used.

This policy is applied only if you enable the DefaultSearchProviderEnabled and DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL policies.

Starting in Microsoft Edge 84, you can set this policy as a recommended policy. If the user has already set a default search provider, the default search provider configured by this recommended policy will not be added to the list of search providers the user can choose from. If this is the desired behavior, use the ManagedSearchEngines policy.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: Yes
  • 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: DefaultSearchProviderEncodings
  • GP name: Default search provider encodings
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Default search provider
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/Default search provider
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

UTF-8

UTF-16

GB2312

ISO-8859-1

Registry settings

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

Example registry value

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\DefaultSearchProviderEncodings\1 =

UTF-8

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\DefaultSearchProviderEncodings\2 =

UTF-16

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\DefaultSearchProviderEncodings\3 =

GB2312

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\DefaultSearchProviderEncodings\4 =

ISO-8859-1

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: DefaultSearchProviderEncodings
  • Example value:
<array>
  <string>UTF-8</string>
  <string>UTF-16</string>
  <string>GB2312</string>
  <string>ISO-8859-1</string>
</array>

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