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Enable automatic HTTPS upgrades
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 136 or later
Description
As of Microsoft Edge version 120, Microsoft Edge tries to upgrade HTTP navigations to HTTPS whenever possible to improve security. Navigations to captive portals, IP addresses, and non-unique hostnames are excluded from automatic upgrades.
If this policy is enabled or not configured, automatic HTTPS upgrades are turned on by default.
If this policy is disabled, Microsoft Edge won't attempt to upgrade HTTP connections to HTTPS.
To exempt specific hostnames or hostname patterns from being upgraded, use the HttpAllowlist policy.
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
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: HttpsUpgradesEnabled
- GP name: Enable automatic HTTPS upgrades
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): N/A
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
Enabled
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (Recommended): N/A
- Value name: HttpsUpgradesEnabled
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000001
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: HttpsUpgradesEnabled
- Example value:
<true/>