How to Completely Disable ‘Typosquatting Checker’ via Group Policy in Microsoft Edge

The Typosquatting Checker in Microsoft Edge is a security feature designed to protect users from navigating to malicious websites by warning them if they type a URL that closely resembles a popular, legitimate site (e.g., typing “gooogle.com” instead of “google.com”). While this heuristic analysis is useful for general consumers who might accidentally stumble onto phishing pages, it can cause false positives in complex enterprise environments. Corporate intranets often use customized, abbreviated, or similarly named internal domains that might trigger the typosquatting algorithm, resulting in annoying and disruptive interstitial warning pages for employees trying to access legitimate internal resources.

This guide explains how to completely disable the Typosquatting Checker system-wide in Microsoft Edge using Group Policy, ensuring seamless navigation to all URLs entered in the address bar without heuristic interference.

Disable Typosquatting Checker via Group Policy

To enforce a strict block that prevents the browser from analyzing URLs for typosquatting and locks the setting from user modification, we must deploy an administrative template. Note that this requires Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education editions.

1. Log into Windows 11 with an Administrator account.
2. Press the Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue box.
3. Type gpedit.msc and press Enter to launch the Local Group Policy Editor.
4. In the left-hand navigation pane, strictly follow this exact path:

   Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Edge

5. In the right-hand pane, locate the policy named Configure Edge TyposquattingChecker.
6. Double-click the policy to open its configuration window.
7. Select the radio button next to Disabled.
8. Click Apply, then click OK.

Verify the Configuration Lockdown

Group Policy changes require the browser to read the registry upon its next launch. Close all active instances of Microsoft Edge.

To verify the restriction is active, reopen Microsoft Edge and navigate to edge://settings/privacy. Scroll down to the “Security” section. The toggle switch for “Website typo protection” (which controls the Typosquatting Checker) will be greyed out in the ‘Off’ position. A briefcase icon will appear next to the setting, indicating that it is managed by your organization. The browser will now implicitly trust whatever URL the user types into the address bar without cross-referencing it against the known typosquatting database.