This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable whether suggestions based on clipboard content are shown in the address bar suggestion dropdown in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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The Address bar allows you to enter website URLs and search the web. By default, the Address bar provides search and site suggestions using the characters you type. Suggestions come from your favorites, browsing history, previous searches, and default search provider. To speed up browsing and searching, characters that you type into the Address bar are immediately sent to your default search provider. The search provider returns suggested search queries as you type.
Microsoft Edge may also show suggestions based on clipboard copied text and links content in the address bar suggestion dropdown.
You can enable or disable showing clipboard suggestions in the address bar dropdown.
Reference:
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Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Clipboard Suggestions in Edge Address Bar for Current User from Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Clipboard Suggestions in Edge Address Bar for All Users using REG file
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Privacy, search, and services in the left pane, and click/tap on Search and connected experiences in the right pane. (see screenshot below)
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Click/tap on Address bar and search. (see screenshot below)
5 Click/tap on Search suggestions and filters. (see screenshot below)
6 Turn On (default) or Off Allow Edge to suggest using my copied text and links for what you want. (see screenshot below)
7 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
This option uses the AddressBarClipboardSuggestEnabled policy for Microsoft Edge 151+.
1 Do step 2 (always enable), step 3 (disable), or step 4 (default) below for what you want.
2 Always Enable Clipboard Suggestions in Address Bar of Microsoft Edge for All Users
This will override and gray out Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 5 below.
Always_enable_clipboard_suggestions_in_Edge_address_bar_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"AddressBarClipboardSuggestEnabled"=dword:000000013 Disable Clipboard Suggestions in Address Bar of Microsoft Edge for All Users
This will override and gray out Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 5 below.
Disable_clipboard_suggestions_in_Edge_address_bar_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"AddressBarClipboardSuggestEnabled"=dword:000000004 Default User-choice Clipboard Suggestions in Address Bar of Microsoft Edge
This is the default setting to allow using Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 5 below.
User-choice_clipboard_suggestions_in_Edge_address_bar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"AddressBarClipboardSuggestEnabled"=-5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
7 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
8 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
9 If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen Microsoft Edge to apply.
10 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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