Policy

Turn off browser geolocation

This policy setting allows you to disable browser geolocation support. This will prevent websites from requesting location data about the user. If you enable this policy setting, browser geolocation support is turned off. If you disable this policy setting, browser geolocation support is turned on. If you do not configure this policy setting, browser geolocation support can be turned on or off in Internet Options on the Privacy tab.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Internet Explorer
Policy ID fe27c5b4b743
Internal name GeolocationDisable

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Geolocation\PolicyDisableGeolocation (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Geolocation\PolicyDisableGeolocation (disabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Geolocation\PolicyDisableGeolocation (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Geolocation\PolicyDisableGeolocation (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to disable browser geolocation support. This will prevent websites from requesting location data about the user. If you enable this policy setting, browser geolocation support is turned off. If you disable this policy setting, browser geolocation support is turned on. If you do not configure this policy setting, browser geolocation support can be turned on or off in Internet Options on the Privacy tab.

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