Set the background tab inactivity timeout for Sleeping Tabs

This policy setting lets you configure the timeout, in seconds, after which inactive background tabs will be automatically put to sleep if Sleeping Tabs is enabled. By default, this timeout is 7,200 seconds (2 hours).

Tabs are only put to sleep automatically when the policy 'SleepingTabsEnabled' (Configure Sleeping Tabs) is enabled or is not configured and the user has enabled the Sleeping Tabs setting.

If you don't configure this policy, users can choose the timeout value.

Policy options mapping:

* 5Minutes (300) = 5 minutes of inactivity

* 15Minutes (900) = 15 minutes of inactivity

* 30Minutes (1800) = 30 minutes of inactivity

* 1Hour (3600) = 1 hour of inactivity

* 2Hours (7200) = 2 hours of inactivity

* 3Hours (10800) = 3 hours of inactivity

* 6Hours (21600) = 6 hours of inactivity

* 12Hours (43200) = 12 hours of inactivity

Use the preceding information when configuring this policy.

Set the background tab inactivity timeout for Sleeping Tabs

0. 5 minutes of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	300

1. 15 minutes of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	900

2. 30 minutes of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	1800

3. 1 hour of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	3600

4. 2 hours of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	7200

5. 3 hours of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	10800

6. 6 hours of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	21600

7. 12 hours of inactivity
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	SleepingTabsTimeout
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	43200