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Group Policy for 'Ask before closing a window with multiple tabs'

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Hi,

 

Does anyone know if it's possible to set 'Ask before closing a window with multiple tabs' via Group Policy or Group Policy Preferences? I can't see it in the policy documentation and haven't found a registry key to set either.

 

thanks

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@islands Hi - I'm also not able to find a policy that controls the setting to "Ask before closing a window with multiple tabs"

 

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If you haven't had a chance yet, you can submit feature requests through the browser ("..." menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback).  Thanks! 

 

-Kelly

 

Hi Kelly,

Is there any update on this as we are needing this within our Edge deployment as IE is coming end of support.

Thanks, Tom.

@Tomr96 I don't see any specific updates about this feature request.  Have you also submit feedback for this as well?  ("..." menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback)

 

I do want to mention that even if this setting is not turned on, users can go to History > Recently closed > restore last session.  This will open up the tabs from the previous session if the browser is closed.

 

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-Kelly

 

I will submit a feature request, but usually by Microsoft's method if it's a button that can be toggled/changed its normally linked to a group policy.

In our scenario we are talking about Kiosk Mode and wanting to say a prompt before they close and lose all their work - which wouldn't be recoverable under the History section.

Thanks, Tom.
Thanks for the further details. The team has recorded this feature request for consideration.
best response confirmed by islands (Iron Contributor)
Solution

@Tomr96 Hi, I just found that the new policy is ready (require v104+, current stable version is 102.0.1245.44 and Dev version is 104.0.1287.1). More information here:

Get user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#askbeforecloseenabled

 

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Regards,

Ken

Edge 104 will be in Beta next week, and will release to Stable in August.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-release-schedule
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best response confirmed by islands (Iron Contributor)
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@Tomr96 Hi, I just found that the new policy is ready (require v104+, current stable version is 102.0.1245.44 and Dev version is 104.0.1287.1). More information here:

Get user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#askbeforecloseenabled

 

KenChong_0-1655694868920.png

 

Regards,

Ken

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