Prevent certificate error overrides
- Policy ID
- PreventCertErrorOverrides
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, Version 1809 or later
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Microsoft Edge
Description
Web security certificates are used to ensure a site your users go to is legitimate, and in some circumstances encrypts the data. With this policy, you can specify whether to prevent users from bypassing the security warning to sites that have SSL errors.
If enabled, overriding certificate errors are not allowed.
If disabled or not configured, overriding certificate errors are allowed.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- PreventCertErrorOverridesREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- PreventCertErrorOverridesREG_DWORD