en-US

Manage QuickView Office files capability in Microsoft Edge

Supported on: Microsoft Edge version 90, Windows 7 or later

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

Value name: QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled

Enabled: QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled = 1

Disabled: QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled = 0

Description

Allows you to set whether users can view publicly accessible Office files on the web that aren't on OneDrive or SharePoint. (For example: Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets) If you enable or don't configure this policy, these files can be viewed in Microsoft Edge using Office Viewer instead of downloading the files. If you disable this policy, these files are downloaded to be viewed.