In case you do not wish to utilize the "Secure Browser" but instead want to use the "Edge Chromium" browser, then the "Secure Browser" URL management will not apply to Chrome or Edge browsers setup as Local Applications.
In this case, please follow the following steps:
- In the profile, go to Computer Settings | Additional Registry Values
- Add the link you want to "Allow" or "Deny"
Note
When making URLAllowlist and URLBlocklist entries, please be sure that each block is separated and not interrupted by other types of registry entries so that all your URLBlocklist entries are together. Afterward, your URLAllowlist entries are all together as well.
Different registry entries in the middle of an Allowlist or Blocklist can cause issues.
EDGE
To "Block" all URL's within "Edge Chromium," use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLBlocklist
Value Name: 1
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: *
To "Allow" URL use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\URLAllowlist
Value Name: 1
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: teams.microsoft.com (used as an example)
Multiple links can be allowed by adding another registry key:
CHROME
Note
When making URLAllowlist and URLBlocklist entries, please be sure that each block is separated and not interrupted by other types of registry entries so that all your URLBlocklist entries are together. Afterward, your URLAllowlist entries are all together as well.
Different registry entries in the middle of an Allowlist or Blocklist can cause issues.
To "Block" all URL's within "Chrome" use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\URLBlocklist
Value Name: 1
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: *
To "Block" file access within "Chrome" use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\URLBlocklist
Value Name: 1
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: file://*
To "Block" facebook.com within "Chrome" use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\URLBlocklist
Value Name: 2
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: facebook.com
To "Allow" URL use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\URLAllowlist
Value Name: 1
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: https://thinscale.com (used as an example)
FIREFOX
Note
When making URLAllowlist and URLBlocklist entries, please be sure that each block is separated and not interrupted by other types of registry entries so that all your URLBlocklist entries are together. Afterward, your URLAllowlist entries are all together as well.
Different registry entries in the middle of an Allowlist or Blocklist can cause issues.
In case you want to use the "Mozilla Firefox" browser to restrict access to websites, please follow the below steps.
- In the profile go to Computer Settings | Additional Registry Values
- Add the link you want to "Allow" or "Deny"
To "Block" all URL's within "Mozilla Firefox" use the following registry key:
| Registry Location: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Key | SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Block |
| Value Name | 1 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Value Data | *://*/* |
To "Allow" URL use the following registry key:
| Registry Location: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Key | SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Exceptions |
| Value Name | 1 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Value Data | https://domain.com/ |
Note: if the website uses HTTP or HTTPS, you can specify with the following: *://domain.com/
Multiple links can be allowed by adding another registry key:
To "Block" file access within "Mozilla Firefox" use the following registry key:
| Registry Location: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Key | SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Block |
| Value Name | 1 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Value Data | file:///*/ |
