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Set the new tab page as the home page

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 77 or later

Description

Configures the default home page in Microsoft Edge. You can set the home page to a URL you specify or to the new tab page.

If you enable this policy, the Home button is set to the new tab page as configured by the user or with the policy NewTabPageLocation and the URL set with the policy HomepageLocation is not taken into consideration.

If you disable this policy, the Home button is the set URL as configured by the user or as configured in the policy HomepageLocation.

If you don't configure this policy, users can choose whether the set URL or the new tab page is their home page.

This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory ___domain, joined to Microsoft Azure Active Directory, or instances that enrolled for device management. On macOS, this policy is available only on instances that are managed via MDM or joined to a ___domain via MCX.

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

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: HomepageIsNewTabPage
  • GP name: Set the new tab page as the home page
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Startup, home page and new tab page
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/Startup, home page and new tab page
  • 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: HomepageIsNewTabPage
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

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

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