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V-283439CAT II — Medium severitySV-283439r1192850_rule

Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000070 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

The Microsoft Editor service provides enhanced spell and grammar checking for editable text fields on web pages.

If this policy is enabled or incorrectly configured, Microsoft Editor spell check can be used for eligible text fields.

If you disable this policy, spell check can only be provided by local engines that use platform or Hunspell services. The results from these engines might be less informative than the results Microsoft Editor can provide.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor" 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 MicrosoftEditorProofingEnabled is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor" to "Disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-283439
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-283439r1192850_rule
Check ID
C-88004r1188324_chk
Fix ID
F-87909r1188325_fix