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AndrewSAIF
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Mar 21, 2023

Possible bug - unable to disable Sidebar/Discover in Edge 111.0.1661.44

Hello, I am evaluating the new features in Edge 111 Stable for deployment. I have the HubsSidebarEnabled policy set to 0 (Recommended). However, the Discover icon still shows prominently at the to...
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AndrewSAIF
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Jan 18, 2024

Kelly_Y 

Hello,

I was asked to revisit this policy due to some of the buzz around Copilot. Here is what I have found the current state of it to be. 

 

It looks like when the HubsSidebarEnabled policy is set to 0 as Recommended, the Sidebar is still enabled for the user by default the next time they launch the browser. The "Always show sidebar" setting is correctly set to Off, but the user sees the sidebar anyway. If the user toggles the setting to on, then back to off, the setting is then respected. 

We've had the sidebar disabled as Mandatory for the last 9 months because of this unpredictable behavior. 

Is there a fix in the works that would allow us to accommodate the minority of our users that wish to use the sidebar without forcing it on every user? 

Thanks!
Andrew

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AndrewSAIF
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Apr 04, 2024
Hello,

I was asked to revisit this again, and it appears that the sidebar now correctly defaults to a collapsed state when I set it as Disabled/Recommended.

Thanks,
Andrew

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