[TIP] Disable 3P SERP Telemetry Feature in Microsoft Edge 120 and Later

Microsoft Edge 120 and later versions come with improvements to 3P SERP telemetry feature which automatically captures the searches made by the user on third party search websites. If you want to disable or block this telemetry and data collection feature to improve privacy, this article will help you in completely turning off the 3P SERP telemetry feature in Microsoft Edge web browser.

When Microsoft released the new Edge 120.0 version to public, the official changelog page included a new policy to turn off the new 3P SERP Telemetry feature. When we checked the policy information, we found following information:

The search telemetry feature is not a new feature in Microsoft Edge 120. It’s an old feature which stores the searches user does on 3rd party search engines such as Google, Bing, etc. According to Microsoft, the web browser should ask for confirmation and consent from the user before it starts collection search data.

We already posted about it in 2021 in following article:

[Tip] Disable Microsoft Edge from Collecting and Sending Your Search Results

If you are worried about your privacy, you can prevent or restrict Microsoft Edge from collecting and storing the search data by implementing a new policy provided in below steps.

Once you apply the policy, it’ll permanently deactivate 3P SERP telemetry feature and Microsoft Edge will no longer save or collect your search data.

Following steps will help you in implementing the required policy to disable or remove new 3P SERP telemetry feature in Microsoft Edge 120 and later versions:

STEP 1: Press “WIN+R” key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor.

STEP 2: Now go to any of following keys:

If you want to remove the feature for all Windows users:

If you want to remove the feature for current user only:

STEP 3: Under Microsoft key, create a new key and set its name to Edge

STEP 4: Now select Edge key and in right-side pane, right-click and select “New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value” option. Set the new DWORD name as Edge3PSerpTelemetryEnabled

Leave the value of the DWORD to 0

Now restart Edge browser and the 3rd party SERP telemetry feature will be disabled permanently.

PS: In future, if you decide to restore the feature in Edge, delete the above mentioned DWORD from Registry.

NOTE: Your Browser is Managed by Your Organization Message in Edge

After applying the above mentioned policy or registry tweak, you may notice “Your browser is managed by your organization” message showing on Edge Settings page and main 3-dots Menu in your Edge browser. Don’t worry! It happens when you implement a policy in the web browser. You can safely ignore the message.

Following article provides more details about this message:

[Fix] Your Browser is Managed by Your Organization Message in Microsoft Edge

Also Check:

Disable Smart Find on Page Related Matches in Microsoft Edge

Disable or Remove Copilot Button or Icon from Microsoft Edge Toolbar