Edit

Share via

PasswordProtectionWarningTrigger

  • Article

Configure password protection warning trigger

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 77 or later

Description

Allows you to control when to trigger password protection warning. Password protection alerts users when they reuse their protected password on potentially suspicious sites.

You can use the PasswordProtectionLoginURLs and PasswordProtectionChangePasswordURL policies to configure which passwords to protect.

Exemptions: Passwords for the sites listed in PasswordProtectionLoginURLs and PasswordProtectionChangePasswordURL, as well as for the sites listed in SmartScreenAllowListDomains, will not trigger a password-protection warning.

Set to 'PasswordProtectionWarningOff' to not show password protection warningss.

Set to 'PasswordProtectionWarningOnPasswordReuse' to show password protection warnings when the user reuses their protected password on a non-allowlisted site.

If you disable or don't configure this policy, then the warning trigger is not shown.

Policy options mapping:

  • PasswordProtectionWarningOff (0) = Password protection warning is off

  • PasswordProtectionWarningOnPasswordReuse (1) = Password protection warning is triggered by password reuse

Use the preceding information when configuring this policy.

Policy options mapping:

Use this information when configuring this policy.

  • PasswordProtectionWarningOff (0) = Password protection warning is off
  • PasswordProtectionWarningOnPasswordReuse (1) = Password protection warning is triggered by password reuse

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

  • Integer

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: PasswordProtectionWarningTrigger
  • GP name: Configure password protection warning trigger
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Password manager and protection
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Password protection warning is triggered by password reuse

Registry settings

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

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: PasswordProtectionWarningTrigger
  • Example value:
<integer>1</integer>

See also