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2 | 2 | title: Learn About Group Policy Limits for InPrivate Extensions |
3 | | -description: Find out why Group Policy doesn't allow enabling extensions for InPrivate browsing in Microsoft Edge and learn the manual workaround. |
| 3 | +description: Works around an issue in which Group Policy doesn't allow enabling extensions for InPrivate browsing in Microsoft Edge. |
4 | 4 | ms.custom: 'sap:Manageability and Deployment\Group Policy: ADM template and MDM' |
5 | 5 | ms.reviewer: dili, Johnny.Xu, v-shaywood |
6 | 6 | ms.date: 01/08/2026 |
7 | 7 | --- |
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9 | 9 | # Can't enable extensions for InPrivate browsing by using Group Policy |
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11 | | -After deploying an extension through [Group Policy](/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/group-policy/group-policy-overview), you might notice that there isn't a policy option to enable the extension for [InPrivate browsing](/legal/microsoft-edge/privacy#inprivate-browsing). This article explains why that policy option is missing, and how users can manually enable the extension for InPrivate browsing. |
| 11 | +After you deploy an extension through [Group Policy](/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/group-policy/group-policy-overview), you notice that there is no policy option to enable the extension for [InPrivate browsing](/legal/microsoft-edge/privacy#inprivate-browsing). This article explains why that policy option is missing, and how to manually enable the extension for InPrivate browsing. |
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13 | 13 | ## Symptoms |
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15 | | -You experience the following problem: |
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17 | | -1. You successfully deployed an extension through Group Policy to your clients. |
18 | | -1. You want to enable the extension for InPrivate browsing by using policy, but there's no policy option available. |
| 15 | +You experience the following issue |
| 16 | +1. By using Group Policy, you successfully deploy an extension to your clients. |
| 17 | +1. You want to enable the extension for InPrivate browsing by using a policy. However, no policy option for this configuration is available. |
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20 | 19 | ## Cause |
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22 | 21 | By design, you can't enable extensions for InPrivate browsing through Group Policy. This restriction is intentional to protect user privacy during InPrivate browsing sessions. |
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24 | | -## Solution |
| 23 | +## Workaround |
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26 | | -End users can manually enable extensions for InPrivate browsing by following these steps: |
| 25 | +To manually enable extensions for InPrivate browsing, follow these steps: |
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28 | | -1. Open Microsoft Edge and go to `edge://extensions`. |
29 | | -1. Find the extension you want to enable for InPrivate browsing. |
| 27 | +1. Open Microsoft Edge, and go to `edge://extensions`. |
| 28 | +1. Find the extension that you want to enable for InPrivate browsing. |
30 | 29 | 1. Select **Details** for the corresponding extension. |
31 | 30 | 1. Select the **Allow in InPrivate** checkbox. |
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33 | | - :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-extension-inprivate-policy/allow-inprivate.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Allow in InPrivate option in Edge extension details."::: |
| 32 | + :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-extension-inprivate-policy/allow-inprivate.png" alt-text="The Allow in InPrivate option in Edge extension details."::: |
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35 | 34 | ## Related content |
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