STIGUI
V-235723CAT II — Medium severitySV-235723r960864_rule

InPrivate mode must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000005 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

This setting specifies whether the user can open pages in InPrivate mode in Microsoft Edge.

If this policy is not configured or set it to "Enabled", users can open pages in InPrivate mode.

Set this policy to "Disabled" to stop users from using InPrivate mode.

Set this policy to "Forced" to always use InPrivate mode.

Policy options mapping: - Enabled (0) = InPrivate mode available - Disabled (1) = InPrivate mode disabled - Forced (2) = InPrivate mode forced

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Configure InPrivate mode availability" must be set to "enabled" with the option value set to "InPrivate mode disabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "InPrivateModeAvailability" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 1", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Configure InPrivate mode availability" to "enabled" and select "InPrivate mode disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235723
Group title
SRG-APP-000080
Rule ID
SV-235723r960864_rule
Check ID
C-38942r626365_chk
Fix ID
F-38905r626366_fix