Default search provider URL for suggestions

Policy ID
DefaultSearchProviderSuggestURL_recommended
Scope
Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 77, Windows 7 or later
Source
Microsoft Edge Policy Templates (version 155.0.4283.45)
Category
Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override) › Default search provider

Description

Specifies the URL for the search engine used to provide search suggestions. The URL contains the string '{searchTerms}', which is replaced at query time by the text the user entered so far.

This policy is optional. If you don't configure it, users can't see search suggestions; they see suggestions from their browsing history and favorites.

Bing's suggest URL can be specified as:

'{bing:baseURL}qbox?query={searchTerms}'.

Google's suggest URL can be specified as:

'{google:baseURL}complete/search?output=chrome&q={searchTerms}'.

This policy is applied only if you enable the 'DefaultSearchProviderEnabled' (Enable the default search provider) and 'DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL' (Default search provider search URL) policies.

Starting in Microsoft Edge version 84, you can set this policy as a recommended policy. If the user has already set a default search provider, the default search provider configured by this recommended policy isn't added to the list of search providers the user can choose from. If this is the desired behavior, use the 'ManagedSearchEngines' (Manage Search Engines) policy.

Example value: https://search.contoso.com/suggest?q={searchTerms}

Options

  • Default search provider URL for suggestions

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • DefaultSearchProviderSuggestURLREG_SZ
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • DefaultSearchProviderSuggestURLREG_SZ

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