Turn on the auto-complete feature for user names and passwords on forms

Policy ID
RestrictFormSuggestPW
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 5.0
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Internet Explorer

Description

This AutoComplete feature can remember and suggest User names and passwords on Forms.

If you enable this setting, the user cannot change "User name and passwords on forms" or "prompt me to save passwords". The Auto Complete feature for User names and passwords on Forms will be turned on. You have to decide whether to select "prompt me to save passwords".

If you disable this setting the user cannot change "User name and passwords on forms" or "prompt me to save passwords". The Auto Complete feature for User names and passwords on Forms is turned off. The user also cannot opt to be prompted to save passwords.

If you do not configure this setting, the user has the freedom of turning on Auto complete for User name and passwords on forms and the option of prompting to save passwords. To display this option, the users open the Internet Options dialog box, click the Contents Tab and click the Settings button.

Options

The empty box and the checked box tell the checkbox items of the Group Policy editor apart (a checked box is an item that is selected by default).

  • Prompt me to save passwords

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • FormSuggest PasswordsREG_SZ
  • FormSuggest PW AskREG_SZ
  • FormSuggest PasswordsREG_DWORD

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