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
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Windows Defender SmartScreen / Microsoft Edge
Policy ID 1d9183f30ae8
Internal name EdgePreventOverrideForNav

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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