How to prevent users from adding new profiles in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is one of the most popular web browsers out there and users love it because of the features it offers.  The browser allows users to create a new profile so everything they search for gets synced and in addition to this, they can get personalized suggestions. While a lot of people find the feature useful, there are some who don’t like it.


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How to prevent users from adding new profiles in Microsoft Edge

Step 1: Bring up Registry Editor on your Computer. To do this, simply click on your search bar and make a search for the term “Registry Editor” or Open it directly from the Start Menu.

Step 2: Once the Registry Editor is running on your Windows 10 system, go to the Microsoft Key in HKLM and right-click on it to create a new key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft

Step 3:  Name your new key as “Edge” and continue with the process.

Step 4: Select the Edge key, right-click on it, and then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value from the context menu.

Step 5: Name your new key as “BrowserAddProfileEnabled” and once you have done that, restart the Microsoft Edge browser.

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