How to manage via registry these options in Edge under "Profile preferences"

Question

How to manage via registry these options in Edge under "Profile preferences"

Marco-4658 0

Hi all,

As already search docs and others sites, we're trying to find more information about this specific settings and how to manage them via Registry, can someone help us from this situation to set all to disable and also any URLs created or modified by users deleted?

screen-profiles

Thanks in advance. Any help would be much appreciated.
M.

Ted Schleicher 0 Reputation points

2026-06-28T23:38:00.1933333+00:00

May I come in here. I am a neophyte , aaged 76. Used computers since early days but only job specific. At home, now I find myself mired in plaatforms, overlaps, preferences, profiles and different advice on organizing the PC and what platforms to use. I have Google, Microsoft, Microsofts Edge and now an Apple iphone that really does not like either for housemates. I need advice on baasic "what to use" and how to get things done as simply as possible. I like Copilot a lot, I like word, I hate OneDrive, I have been told to steer as clear a possible from Edge.... I =need basic info to set me on the right path(s).

2 answers

Your answer

Ted Schleicher 0 Reputation points

2026-06-28T23:38:00.1933333+00:00

May I come in here. I am a neophyte , aaged 76. Used computers since early days but only job specific. At home, now I find myself mired in plaatforms, overlaps, preferences, profiles and different advice on organizing the PC and what platforms to use. I have Google, Microsoft, Microsofts Edge and now an Apple iphone that really does not like either for housemates. I need advice on baasic "what to use" and how to get things done as simply as possible. I like Copilot a lot, I like word, I hate OneDrive, I have been told to steer as clear a possible from Edge.... I =need basic info to set me on the right path(s).

Answer 1

Hi Marco-4658,

I understand you're looking to manage the "Profiles / Profile preferences" settings in Microsoft Edge via the Registry. Here are the steps to disable these settings and delete user-created URLs: Disabling Profile Preferences via Registry Open Registry Editor:

Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter. Navigate to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Create or modify the following DWORD values:
Account-based profile switching: "AccountBasedProfileSwitchingEnabled"=dword:00000000
Curated sites automatically switch profiles: "AutomaticProfileSwitching"=dword:00000000
Intranet-based profile switching: "IntranetProfileSwitchingEnabled"=dword:00000000
IE Mode based profile automatic site switch: "IEModeProfileSwitchingEnabled"=dword:00000000 Deleting User-Created URLs To delete URLs created or modified by users, you can use a script to clear browser history or specific registry keys. Here’s a general approach: Open Registry Editor:
Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter. Navigate to the following path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\TypedURLs Delete the entries:
Right-click on each URL entry and select Delete. Alternatively, you can use a script to automate this process:

PowerShell script to delete user-created URLs in Edge

$registryPath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Edge\TypedURLs" Remove-Item -Path $registryPath -Recurse Run this script as an administrator to ensure it has the necessary permissions.

I hope these tips help resolve the issue. If you need further assistance, I'm here to help.

Best regards,

Jonathan

----------*

Your feedback is very important to us! If this response resolved your query, please click 'YES'. This helps us continuously improve the quality and relevance of our solutions.

Marco-4658 0 Reputation points

2024-10-30T16:25:32.3166667+00:00

Hi thanks but they still do not work, i tried taskilling edge but these are still enabled, and from edge://policy this i what i see:
So those 2 options in the screen above are still blue/enabled.

Also about the second topic, i was talking related to delete this specific section under the option but the only clue i found is about the file Local State JSON inside \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data

Answer 2

Hi Marco-4658,

Currently, there're only 4 policies available to manage the Profile preferences settings. You have used 3 of them:

GuidedSwitchEnabled --> Account based profile switching

SwitchIntranetSitesToWorkProfile --> Switch intranet sites to a work profile

SwitchSitesOnIEModeSiteListToWorkProfile --> Switch sites on the IE mode site list to a work profile

AADWebSiteSSOUsingThisProfileEnabled --> Allow single sign-on for work or school sites using this profile

For the rest of the settings, unfortunately there's been no policy yet. Please send a GPO request by sending feedback to the Dev Team (Alt+Shift+I). Thanks for your understanding.

If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment".

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

Best Regards,

Shijie Li