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Block access to a list of URLs
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 77 or later
Description
Define a list of sites, based on URL patterns, that are blocked (your users can't load them).
Format the URL pattern according to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322.
You can define exceptions in the URLAllowlist policy. These policies are limited to 1000 entries; subsequent entries are ignored.
Note that blocking internal 'edge://*' URLs isn't recommended - this may lead to unexpected errors.
This policy doesn't prevent the page from updating dynamically through JavaScript. For example, if you block 'contoso.com/abc', users might still be able to visit 'contoso.com' and click on a link to visit 'contoso.com/abc', as long as the page doesn't refresh.
If you don't configure this policy, no URLs are blocked.
This policy does not work as expected with file://* wildcards.
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
- List of strings
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: URLBlocklist
- GP name: Block access to a list of URLs
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): N/A
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
contoso.com
https://ssl.server.com
hosting.com/bad_path
https://server:8080/path
.exact.hostname.com
custom_scheme:*
*
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist
- Path (Recommended): N/A
- Value name: 1, 2, 3, ...
- Value type: List of REG_SZ
Example registry value
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\1 =
contoso.com
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\2 =
https://ssl.server.com
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\3 =
hosting.com/bad_path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\4 =
https://server:8080/path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\5 =
.exact.hostname.com
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\6 =
custom_scheme:*
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist\7 =
*
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: URLBlocklist
- Example value:
<array>
<string>contoso.com</string>
<string>https://ssl.server.com</string>
<string>hosting.com/bad_path</string>
<string>https://server:8080/path</string>
<string>.exact.hostname.com</string>
<string>custom_scheme:*</string>
<string>*</string>
</array>