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Windows 10 Adding Trusted Site to Group Policy in Windows 10

Adding Trusted Site to Group Policy in Windows 10

By Sophia | Last Updated

In some cases, such as enterprise, have to add trusted site to group policy manually before visiting the website. Today, we'll show you how to solve this issue. Although you are new to use group policy, worry not, this tutorial is easy for you to understand.

Note: Windows 10 Home edition doesn't support group policy.

How to Add Trusted Site to Group Policy Windows 10

Step 1: Press Windows + R key combination to invoke Run dialog. Input gpedit.msc to the box and click on OK.

run group policy

Step 2: In the left pane, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Control Panel > Security page. Double-click on Site to Zone Assignment List in the right pane.

local group policy editor

Step 3: In the Site to Zone Assignment List window, select Enabled then tap on Show button under Options.

zone assignment list

Step 4: In the column under Value name, input the website. Then Type 2 in the box next to it.

Tips: Internet Explorer includes four safe zones, respectively, one to four. To add trusted site to group policy, we have to select number 2.

1: Intranet zone

2: Trusted Sites zone

3: Internet zone

4: Restricted Sites zone

enter zone assignments

Step 5: Go back to Site to Zone Assignment List window, tap on Apply then OK.

Step 6: When you finished the steps above, go to the desktop and check whether added successfully or not. Click on Search box then input Internet Explorer. Hit Enter, it will be opened at once.

open internet explorer

Step 7: Click the gear icon in the top-right corner then select Internet options.

internet options

Step 8: Click on Security tab, tap on Trusted sites and click on Sites button.

check trusted sites

Step 9: In the Trusted sites dialog, you will see the trusted site that added to group policy.

trusted sites windows 10

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