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EnhanceSecurityMode

Enhance the security state in Microsoft Edge

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 98 or later

Description

This policy lets you enhance the security state in Microsoft Edge.

If you set this policy to 'StandardMode', the enhanced mode will be turned off and Microsoft Edge will fallback to its standard security mode.

If you set this policy to 'BalancedMode', the security state will be in balanced mode.

If you set this policy to 'StrictMode', the security state will be in strict mode.

If you set this policy to 'BasicMode', the security state will be in basic mode.

Note: Sites that use WebAssembly (WASM) are not supported on 32-bit systems when EnhanceSecurityMode is enabled. If you require access to a site that uses WASM, consider adding it to your exception list as described in https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2183321.

Starting in Microsoft Edge 113, 'BasicMode' is deprecated and is treated the same as 'BalancedMode'. It won't work in Microsoft Edge version 116.

For detailed information about Enhanced Security Mode, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2185895

Policy options mapping:

  • StandardMode (0) = Standard mode

  • BalancedMode (1) = Balanced mode

  • StrictMode (2) = Strict mode

  • BasicMode (3) = (Deprecated) Basic mode

Use the preceding information when configuring this policy.

Policy options mapping:

Use this information when configuring this policy.

  • StandardMode (0) = Standard mode
  • BalancedMode (1) = Balanced mode
  • StrictMode (2) = Strict mode
  • BasicMode (3) = (Deprecated) Basic mode

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: Yes

Data type

  • Integer

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: EnhanceSecurityMode
  • GP name: Enhance the security state in Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Standard mode

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: EnhanceSecurityMode
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000000

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: EnhanceSecurityMode
  • Example value:
<integer>0</integer>

See also