NativeMessagingUserLevelHosts

Allow user-level native messaging hosts (installed without admin permissions)

Supported versions

• On Windows and macOS since 77 or later

Description

If you set this policy to Enabled or leave it unset, Microsoft Edge can use native messaging hosts installed at the user level.

If you set this policy to Disabled, Microsoft Edge can only use these hosts if they're installed at the system level.

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: No

Data type

• Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

• GP unique name: NativeMessagingUserLevelHosts
• GP name: Allow user-level native messaging hosts (installed without admin permissions)
• GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Native Messaging
• GP path (Recommended): N/A
• GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Disabled

Registry settings

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

Example registry value

0x00000000

Mac information and settings

• Preference Key name: NativeMessagingUserLevelHosts
• Example value:

<false/>

See also

• Microsoft Edge - Policies