Policy

Prevent bypassing Windows Defender SmartScreen prompts for sites

This policy setting lets you decide whether employees can override the Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings about potentially malicious websites. If you enable this setting, employees can't ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and they are blocked from continuing to the site. If you disable or don't configure this setting, employees can ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and continue to the site.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Windows Defender SmartScreen / Microsoft Edge
Policy ID1d9183f30ae8
Internal nameEdgePreventOverrideForNav

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\PreventOverride (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\PreventOverride (disabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\PreventOverride (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\PreventOverride (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting lets you decide whether employees can override the Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings about potentially malicious websites. If you enable this setting, employees can't ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and they are blocked from continuing to the site. If you disable or don't configure this setting, employees can ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and continue to the site.

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