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Configure Edge Website Typo Protection

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 96 or later

Description

This policy setting lets you configure whether to turn on Edge Website Typo Protection. Edge Website Typo Protection provides warning messages to help protect your users from potential typosquatting sites. By default, Edge Website Typo Protection is turned on.

If you enable this policy, Edge Website Typo Protection is turned on.

If you disable this policy, Edge Website Typo Protection is turned off.

If you don't configure this policy, Edge Website Typo Protection is turned on but users can choose whether to use Edge Website Typo Protection.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: Yes
  • 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: TyposquattingCheckerEnabled
  • GP name: Configure Edge Website Typo Protection
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Edge Website Typo Protection settings
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/Edge Website Typo Protection settings
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
  • Value name: TyposquattingCheckerEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: TyposquattingCheckerEnabled
  • Example value:
<true/>

See also