Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Today we are discussing Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. As you all know, the Microsoft 365 admin centre will help manage users, services, devices, and security settings, ensuring the organization’s IT systems run smoothly and efficiently.

Nowadays, we are using MS Edge every day. When we are busy working, the Home Button is an essential feature in web browsers that lets users quickly return to their favorite starting point on the internet.

This option reduces the time needed to find Microsoft Edge’s home page. Microsoft Edge’s Home Button offers the same convenience, improving the browsing experience. Showing the home button on the edge is an easy way to work.

With the help of Microsoft 365 admins can enable the home button to users. The Home Button is a Powerful feature in many web browsers, including Microsoft Edge. The important features of this button can be customized.

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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Above we discussed an overall view on the topic of Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. With MS 365 admin can allow the home button to the users. The Home button allows you to quickly navigate to your home page with a single click.

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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.1

How to Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge

First, log in to the MS365 admin center using your credentials. Once you’re there, go to Settings and click on MS Edge. On the left side, you’ll see the Configuration profile option; click on that. When you click on the configuration profile you will get option for create Policy Option.

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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.2

Basics

The basic step is the first tab you have to deal with. It is very easy to handle. In the basic tab, you have to enter Basic details such as policy Name, Description, policy type, and platform. Please fill them in correctly. The policy type cannot be changed. It is selected as Intune by default.

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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.3

Settings

Now you can type or search the policy name by using a search box or categories. When you select the policy (Show home button user), you will get 2 options: value and more details. In the value tab, you will get the option to Enable and turn off the policy.

  • Here, I selected the Enable option for the policy.
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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.4

More Details

The more details, the more information you will have about a particular policy that you have selected. Enable this policy to always show the Home button. Disable it to never show the button. Users can show the home button if you don’t configure the policy.

EnableDisableUnconfigured
The Home button will always be visible.The Home button will never be visible.Users can choose whether to show the Home button.
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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.5

Extension

The next step is Extension. Extensions in Microsoft Edge are add-ons or tools that can enhance the browser’s functionality. These extensions can be things like ad blockers, password managers, or productivity tools.  Here, I’ve skipped this option.

  • Click on theNext
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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.6

Assignments

Assignment is the option that allows the admin to choose which groups of users will be assign the policy. Once a group is selected, the policy will apply only to the users in that group, making it easier to control who has access to specific features or settings. After clicking on the select group option, you can select the group that wants to deploy the policy.

  • For example, I selected the HTMD Cloud PC group and then clicked on the select option.
  • Now you get a notification that the Group has been updated successfully.
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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.7

Finish

Once you’re satisfied with all the choices and settings, you click on the “Review and Create” button to finalize the policy. This is the step where you’re confirming that everything is correct and you’re ready to apply the policy.

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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.7

Once you click the “Review and Create” button and successfully create the policy, the system will notify you that the policy has been successfully set up. This lets you know that everything is set and ready to be deployed to the assigned groups.

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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.8

End Result

You can check the End result after waiting for 8 hours. But in some cases, we can immediately need the End result so we can manually sync the policy in the company portal then check for the result in the assigned groups. For checking end result follow the steps.

  • Open the MS Edge Settings
  • Go to the Appearance,
  • In appearance, you can see the Option called Home Button under the Customize browser option.
  • In the home button option you can see that the Option is enabled by the MS365 admin center policy.
  • It can’t be disabled, and it shows that” this setting is managed by your organization.
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Enable Disable Show Home Button in MS Edge Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center-Fig.9

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.

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