Manage Search Engines

Lets you configure a list of up to 10 search engines, one of which must be marked as the default search engine.
You do not need to specify the encoding. Starting in Microsoft Edge 80, the suggest_url and image_search_url parameters are optional. The optional parameter, image_search_post_params (consists of comma-separated name/value pairs), is available starting in Microsoft Edge 80.

Starting in Microsoft Edge 83, you can enable search engine discovery with the allow_search_engine_discovery optional parameter. This parameter must be the first item in the list. If allow_search_engine_discovery is not specified, search engine discovery will be disabled by default. Starting in Microsoft Edge 84, you can set this policy as a recommended policy to allow search provider discovery. You do not need to add the allow_search_engine_discovery optional parameter.

If you enable this policy, users can't add, remove, or change any search engine in the list. Users can set their default search engine to any search engine in the list.

If you disable or don't configure this policy, users can modify the search engines list as desired.

If the 'DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL' (Default search provider search URL) policy is set, this policy (ManagedSearchEngines) is ignored. The user must restart their browser to finish applying this policy.

Example value:

[
{
"allow_search_engine_discovery": true
},
{
"is_default": true,
"suggest_url": "https://www.example1.com/qbox?query={searchTerms}",
"search_url": "https://www.example1.com/search?q={searchTerms}",
"name": "Example1",
"keyword": "example1.com"
},
{
"suggest_url": "https://www.example2.com/qbox?query={searchTerms}",
"image_search_url": "https://www.example2.com/images/detail/search?iss=sbiupload",
"name": "Example2",
"keyword": "example2.com",
"image_search_post_params": "content={imageThumbnail},url={imageURL},sbisrc={SearchSource}",
"search_url": "https://www.example2.com/search?q={searchTerms}"
},
{
"suggest_url": "https://www.example3.com/qbox?query={searchTerms}",
"image_search_url": "https://www.example3.com/images/detail/search?iss=sbiupload",
"name": "Example3",
"keyword": "example3.com",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"search_url": "https://www.example3.com/search?q={searchTerms}"
},
{
"search_url": "https://www.example4.com/search?q={searchTerms}",
"name": "Example4",
"keyword": "example4.com"
}
]

Supported on: Microsoft Edge version 77, Windows 7 or later

Manage Search Engines

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value NameManagedSearchEngines
Value TypeREG_SZ
Default Value

msedge.admx

Administrative Templates (Computers)

Administrative Templates (Users)