Policy

Turn off InPrivate Browsing

This policy setting allows you to turn off the InPrivate Browsing feature. InPrivate Browsing prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about a user's browsing session. This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data. If you enable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing is turned off. If you disable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing is available for use. If you do not configure this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing can be turned on or off through the registry.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Internet Explorer / Privacy
Policy ID 82342449c19d
Internal name DisableInPrivateBrowsing

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy\EnableInPrivateBrowsing (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy\EnableInPrivateBrowsing (disabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy\EnableInPrivateBrowsing (enabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy\EnableInPrivateBrowsing (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to turn off the InPrivate Browsing feature. InPrivate Browsing prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about a user's browsing session. This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data. If you enable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing is turned off. If you disable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing is available for use. If you do not configure this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing can be turned on or off through the registry.

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