STIGUI
V-235734CAT II — Medium severitySV-235734r960963_rule

Importing of browsing history must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000017 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

Allows users to import their browsing history from another browser into Microsoft Edge.

If this policy is enabled, the Browsing history check box is automatically selected in the Import browser data dialog box.

If this policy is disabled, browsing history data is not imported at first run, and users cannot import this data manually.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of browsing history" must be set to "disabled".

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

If the value for "ImportHistory" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of browsing history" to "disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235734
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-235734r960963_rule
Check ID
C-38953r626538_chk
Fix ID
F-38916r626539_fix