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Allow freezing of background tabs (obsolete)
OBSOLETE: This policy is obsolete and doesn't work after Microsoft Edge version 86.
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 79, until 86
Description
This policy doesn't work, use SleepingTabsEnabled instead.
Controls whether Microsoft Edge can freeze tabs that are in the background for at least 5 minutes.
Tab freezing reduces CPU, battery, and memory usage. Microsoft Edge uses heuristics to avoid freezing tabs that do useful work in the background, such as display notifications, play sound, and stream video.
If you enable or don't configure this policy, tabs that have been in the background for at least 5 minutes might be frozen.
If you disable this policy, no tabs will be frozen.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: No
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
- Per Profile: No
- 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: TabFreezingEnabled
- GP name: Allow freezing of background tabs (obsolete)
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- 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: TabFreezingEnabled
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000000
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: TabFreezingEnabled
- Example value:
<false/>