Disable Edge Shopping Assistant
- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
- Impact: Medium
System Functionality / Data Loss Risk: Moderate
This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script.
This action improves privacy with some impact when you run the recommended script. - Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
- Administrator rights requiredThis script requires privilege access to do the system changes
- Fully reversible
You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.
The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
Overview
This script disables Microsoft Edge's shopping features. Microsoft refers to these features as shopping assistant 1 2 3 4, shopping features 2 5, or Microsoft Shopping 5.
These features allow users to compare prices, receive coupons, and use autofill during checkout to speed up the process 2. They also provide notifications for coupons and rebates when shopping online 5.
Disabling these features addresses several privacy concerns:
- Data Collection and Profiling: Microsoft collects extensive data about users' shopping habits and online activities. This includes users' shopping habits 5, preferences 5, websites visited 4 5, and search history 4. This contributes to detailed user profiling.
- Continuous Network Communication: The browser continuously communicates with Microsoft servers. It receives retailer information 5. It sends data about visited shopping sites and system details to Microsoft servers 5.
- Email Scanning: Microsoft Edge scans users' email accounts for promotional coupons 5. The email data sent may include sensitive information.
- Targeted Advertising and Tracking: Collected data can be used to tailor precise ads, enhancing targeted advertising efforts. Edge modifies URLs for affiliate tracking, which aids persistent online tracking 5.
- Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are used for various functions including debugging, fraud detection, and analytics 5, further compromising user privacy.
- Data Sharing: Data is shared with Bing Rebates and Shopping services 5, potentially exposing sensitive user information to third parties 4. This aggregation of data could lead to more detailed collection of personal information.
Running this script prevents the automatic activation of features such as price comparison, coupons, and express checkout on retail websites 2.
Authorities like The Center for Internet Security (CIS) 1 4 recommend this script for enhanced security. Microsoft recommends this script for users who favor a streamlined browser setup without unsolicited suggestions or interruptions 3.
This script configures the EdgeShoppingAssistantEnabled
Edge policy to disable Edge's shopping features 1 2 3.
- This will display the message "Your browser is managed by your organization" on the settings page.
- This locks settings and prevents them from being changed on the settings page.
This script is only recommended if you understand its implications.
Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.
This script can be fully reversed to restore changes if something goes wrong.
Sources
- Audit-Test-Automation/ATAPAuditor/AuditGroups/Microsoft Edge-CIS-2.0.0#RegistrySettings.ps1 at 2ad030524021e94dbd09c7771e6ee4d9794bb4af · fbprogmbh/Audit-Test-Automation. github.com. (2025).
Original: https://github.com/privacysexy-forks/Audit-Test-Automation/blob/2ad030524021e94dbd09c7771e6ee4d9794bb4af/ATAPAuditor/AuditGroups/Microsoft%20Edge-CIS-2.0.0%23RegistrySettings.ps1#L4315-L4350 - Microsoft Edge Browser Policy Documentation. Microsoft Learn. learn.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240517212443/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#edgeshoppingassistantenabled - Common Education Microsoft Edge configuration. Microsoft Learn. learn.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/industry/education/tutorial-school-deployment/common-config-settings-catalog-edge
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240618221222/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/industry/education/tutorial-school-deployment/common-config-settings-catalog-edge - Edge Shopping Assistant Enabled (CIS LEVEL 1 MS Edge). www.syxsense.com. (2024).
Original: https://www.syxsense.com/syxsense-securityarticles/cis_benchmarks/syx-1033-12839.html
Archived: https://archive.ph/2024.06.26-144015/https://www.syxsense.com/syxsense-securityarticles/cis_benchmarks/syx-1033-12839.html - Microsoft Edge Privacy Whitepaper - Microsoft Edge Developer documentation. Microsoft Learn. learn.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whitepaper
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240623123514/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whitepaper/#shopping
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- ≈ 2 min to complete
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- Difficulty: Simple
- ≈ 5 instructions
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:: Configure "EdgeShoppingAssistantEnabled" Edge policy
:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge!EdgeShoppingAssistantEnabled"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge'; $data = '0'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge' /v 'EdgeShoppingAssistantEnabled' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
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- Difficulty: Medium
- ≈ 3 instructions
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Open Command Prompt as Administrator. - 2
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Paste & run
Paste the commands into Command Prompt and press Enter to run.Some changes require a system restart to take effect
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