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# Disabling the Edge Sidebar on Windows laptops

|| The setting below is required for Myndr to work properly!
In Edge you can use the **Sidebar**, a separate browser side panel where extensions and rules do not work. Microsoft has automatically enabled this Sidebar on all laptops. Fortunately, it can also be disabled. Here is how to do that via the Intune admin center.

In the Intune admin center, go to:

|| Devices > Windows > Configuration profiles > ➕ Create > ➕ New policy
For **Platform**, select **Windows 10 and later**. For **Profile type**, select **Settings catalog** and click **Create** at the bottom.

Give the new profile a name, e.g. "No sidebar", and click **Next** at the bottom.

Click **+ Add settings**
Type "sidebar" in the search box and click **Search**.
Scroll down and click **Microsoft Edge**. 6 results appear; tick all 6:
✅ **Search in Sidebar enabled**
✅ **Search in Sidebar enabled (User)**
✅ **Show Hubs Sidebar**
✅ **Show Hubs Sidebar (User)**
✅ **Standalone Sidebar Enabled**
✅ **Standalone Sidebar Enabled (User)**

Now click **Microsoft Edge: Default Settings...**. 2 more results appear; tick both:
✅ **Show Hubs Sidebar**
✅ **Show Hubs Sidebar (User)**

Now click the cross at the top right, above the Search button.

Set only the toggles next to **Search in Sidebar enabled** to **Enabled** and choose **Disable search in sidebar** in the drop-down boxes.
Leave all the other toggles set to **Disabled**.

Click **Next** at the bottom and click **Next** again at Scope tags

Under "Included groups", click **Add groups** and select the student group(s).

Click **Next**, check the settings and click **Create**

Intune will now distribute this setting to the student accounts. From now on, the Sidebar will no longer be available for those accounts.