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V-235772CAT II — Medium severitySV-235772r960963_rule

Guest mode must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000060 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

Enabling Guest mode allows the use of guest profiles in Microsoft Edge. In a guest profile, the browser does not import browsing data from existing profiles, and it deletes browsing data when all guest profiles are closed.

If this policy is enabled or not configured, Microsoft Edge lets users browse in guest profiles.

If this policy is disabled, Microsoft Edge does not let users browse in guest profiles.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable guest mode" 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 "BrowserGuestModeEnabled" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable guest mode" to "disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235772
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-235772r960963_rule
Check ID
C-38991r626512_chk
Fix ID
F-38954r626513_fix