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V-235750CAT II — Medium severitySV-235750r960864_rule

Browser history must be saved.

Rule version EDGE-00-000033 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

This setting disables deleting browser history and download history and prevents users from changing this setting.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable deleting browser and download 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 "AllowDeletingBrowserHistory" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable deleting browser and download history" to "disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235750
Group title
SRG-APP-000080
Rule ID
SV-235750r960864_rule
Check ID
C-38969r626446_chk
Fix ID
F-38932r626447_fix