# Windows 10 or later Configuration Policy - Block Password Saving In Microsoft Edge

> Configuration policy for blocking password saving in Microsoft Edge

Configuration policy for blocking password saving in Microsoft Edge

## Settings this baseline controls

| Setting                  | What it does                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sync disabled            | Controls whether Edge sync is disabled. [Learn more](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/administrative-templates-windows)                             |
| Password manager enabled | Controls whether passwords can be saved using the password manager. [Learn more](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/administrative-templates-windows) |

[Adding a baseline](https://docs.octiga.io/baselines/adding-a-baseline/) — Add, configure or remove a single baseline on a tenant, a user or a group, without deploying a whole scheme.

## Configure it

Add this to a tenant whose Windows fleet uses Microsoft Edge, so the browser stops acting as a password store, and stops syncing any passwords it already holds to a personal account.

1. Add the baseline to the tenant directly ([Adding a baseline](https://docs.octiga.io/baselines/adding-a-baseline/)), or include it in a scheme you deploy to every tenant whose devices run Edge ([Deploying a scheme](https://docs.octiga.io/baselines/deploying-a-scheme/)).
2. Leave **Password manager enabled** switched off, so Edge stops offering to save or automatically fill in sign-in passwords.
3. Leave **Sync disabled** switched on. This stops Edge syncing browser data, including any passwords already saved, to a personal Microsoft account signed in on the same profile.
4. Save. Turn on **Auto-remediation** if you want Octiga to recreate the policy in Intune whenever it's changed or removed.

> **Licence: Intune:**

## Check it worked

This baseline shows **Passing** once the configuration profile exists in Intune with both settings above and a Windows device has reported them applied. To check progress, go to **Devices → Manage devices → Configuration** in the Microsoft Intune admin centre, open the profile (its **Profile type** reads "Settings catalog"), and use its device status and per-setting status views. Users notice Edge no longer offers to remember a password, and that Edge sync (favourites and history as well as passwords) is unavailable on the device.

## Standards this addresses

### CIS

- **v8 4.1** — CIS Controls v8 Safeguard 4.1
- **v8 5.2** — CIS Controls v8 Safeguard 5.2

### NIST

- **PR.PT-1** — NIST CSF 2.0 PR.PT-1
- **CM-6** — NIST SP 800-53 CM-6
- **IA-5** — NIST SP 800-53 IA-5

### ISO 27001

- **A.8.5** — ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A.8.5
- **A.8.6** — ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A.8.6

**Doing this for every tenant?** Step through the deploy wizard to apply a scheme to a tenant, groups or users, and see what Managed and Direct do at deploy time. [Deploying a scheme](https://docs.octiga.io/baselines/deploying-a-scheme/)