Guest mode must be disabled.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-235772	SRG-APP-000141	EDGE-00-000060	SV-235772r960963_rule	2024-09-13	2

Description
Enabling Guest mode allows the use of guest profiles in Microsoft Edge. In a guest profile, the browser does not import browsing data from existing profiles, and it deletes browsing data when all guest profiles are closed. If this policy is enabled or not configured, Microsoft Edge lets users browse in guest profiles. If this policy is disabled, Microsoft Edge does not let users browse in guest profiles.

Description

Enabling Guest mode allows the use of guest profiles in Microsoft Edge. In a guest profile, the browser does not import browsing data from existing profiles, and it deletes browsing data when all guest profiles are closed. If this policy is enabled or not configured, Microsoft Edge lets users browse in guest profiles. If this policy is disabled, Microsoft Edge does not let users browse in guest profiles.

ℹ️ Check
The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable guest mode" must be set to "disabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge If the value for "BrowserGuestModeEnabled" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable guest mode" to "disabled".