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Configure the new tab page search box experience

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 85 or later

Description

You can configure the new tab page search box to use "Search box (Recommended)" or "Address bar" to search on new tabs. This policy only works if you set the search engine to a value other than Bing by setting the following two policies: DefaultSearchProviderEnabled and DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL.

If you disable or don't configure this policy and:

  • If the address bar default search engine is Bing, the new tab page uses the search box to search on new tabs.
  • If the address bar default search engine is not Bing, users are offered an additional choice (use "Address bar") when searching on new tabs.

If you enable this policy and set it to:

  • "Search box (Recommended)" ('bing'), the new tab page uses the search box to search on new tabs.
  • "Address bar" ('redirect'), the new tab page search box uses the address bar to search on new tabs.

Policy options mapping:

  • bing (bing) = Search box (Recommended)

  • redirect (redirect) = Address bar

Use the preceding information when configuring this policy.

Policy options mapping:

Use this information when configuring this policy.

  • bing = Search box (Recommended)
  • redirect = Address bar

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

  • String

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: NewTabPageSearchBox
  • GP name: Configure the new tab page search box experience
  • 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

Search box (Recommended)

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
  • Value name: NewTabPageSearchBox
  • Value type: REG_SZ

Example registry value

bing

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: NewTabPageSearchBox
  • Example value:
<string>bing</string>

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