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Brave Browser Group Policy settings

769 settings · 1.97.59 · 16 Oct 2026

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Automatically grant permission to sites to connect to USB serial devices.

Computer and userIntune-readySerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls

Supported on Microsoft Windows 7 or later

What it does

Setting the policy allows you to list sites which are automatically granted permission to access USB serial devices with vendor and product IDs matching the vendor_id and product_id fields. Omitting the product_id field allows the given sites permission to access devices with a vendor ID matching the vendor_id field and any product ID. The URLs must be valid, otherwise the policy is ignored. Only the origin (scheme, host and port) of the URL is considered. On ChromeOS, this policy only applies to affiliated users. This policy overrides DefaultSerialGuardSetting, SerialAskForUrls, SerialBlockedForUrls and the user's preferences. This policy only affects access to USB devices through the Web Serial API. To grant access to USB devices through the WebUSB API see the WebUsbAllowDevicesForUrls policy. See https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/?policy=SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls for more information about schema and formatting. Example value: [ { "devices": [ { "product_id": 5678, "vendor_id": 1234 } ], "urls": [ "https://specific-device.example.com" ] }, { "devices": [ { "vendor_id": 1234 } ], "urls": [ "https://all-vendor-devices.example.com" ] } ]

What it writes

Hive
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key
Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave

Options

OptionTypeRegistry valueAllowed values
Automatically grant permission to sites to connect to USB serial devices. Text SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls Up to 1000000 characters

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

State
Apply to
Options used when Enabled

Enabled · Computer · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave]
"SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls"=""


PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Automatically grant permission to sites to connect to USB serial devices.
# Name: SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: brave.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave' -Name 'SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls' -PropertyType 'String' -Value ''
  • The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
  • Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.
  • The generated payload is incomplete because one or more ADMX element values were not supplied: SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_brave/SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls
Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Automatically grant permission to sites to connect to USB serial devices.
# Name: SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: brave.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave' -Name 'SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls' -Kind 'String' -Expected ''
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave\SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Automatically grant permission to sites to connect to USB serial devices.
# Name: SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: brave.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave' -Name 'SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls' -PropertyType 'String' -Value ''

History 44 retained releases

  1. 1.92.1342 Jul 2026
    • Description … to USB devices through the WebUSB API see the WebUsbAllowDevicesForUrls policy. See https://c[removed: loud.google.com/docs/chrome-enterpris][added: hromeenterprise.googl]e/policies/?policy=SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls for more information about schema and formatting. Example value: [ { "devices": …
      Whole description, marked

      Setting the policy allows you to list sites which are automatically granted permission to access USB serial devices with vendor and product IDs matching the vendor_id and product_id fields. Omitting the product_id field allows the given sites permission to access devices with a vendor ID matching the vendor_id field and any product ID. The URLs must be valid, otherwise the policy is ignored. Only the origin (scheme, host and port) of the URL is considered. On ChromeOS, this policy only applies to affiliated users. This policy overrides DefaultSerialGuardSetting, SerialAskForUrls, SerialBlockedForUrls and the user's preferences. This policy only affects access to USB devices through the Web Serial API. To grant access to USB devices through the WebUSB API see the WebUsbAllowDevicesForUrls policy. See https://c[removed: loud.google.com/docs/chrome-enterpris][added: hromeenterprise.googl]e/policies/?policy=SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls for more information about schema and formatting. Example value: [ { "devices": [ { "product_id": 5678, "vendor_id": 1234 } ], "urls": [ "https://specific-device.example.com" ] }, { "devices": [ { "vendor_id": 1234 } ], "urls": [ "https://all-vendor-devices.example.com" ] } ]

  2. 1.88.13214 Mar 2026
    • Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

42 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name
SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls
Namespace
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave
Template file
brave.admx
Release
Brave Browser 1.97.59 · file set d6401efd8c1937d9…
Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Both" displayName="$(string.SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls)" explainText="$(string.SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls_Explain)" key="Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave" name="SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls" presentation="$(presentation.SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:ContentSettings" />
      <supportedOn ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:SUPPORTED_WIN7" />
      <elements>
        <text id="SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls" maxLength="1000000" valueName="SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions"><textBox refId="SerialAllowUsbDevicesForUrls"><label>Automatically grant permission to sites to connect to USB serial devices.</label></textBox></presentation>

Supported platforms and category

BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:Cat_Brave
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Brave)" name="Cat_Brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:ContentSettings
<category displayName="$(string.ContentSettings_group)" name="ContentSettings" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:brave" />
    </category>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:brave
<category displayName="$(string.brave)" name="brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Cat_Brave" />
    </category>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:definition:SUPPORTED_WIN7
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WIN7)" name="SUPPORTED_WIN7" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:Cat_Brave
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Brave)" name="Cat_Brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Cat_Brave">Brave Software</string></strings>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:ContentSettings
<category displayName="$(string.ContentSettings_group)" name="ContentSettings" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:brave" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:ContentSettings_group">Content settings</string></strings>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:brave
<category displayName="$(string.brave)" name="brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Cat_Brave" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:brave">Brave</string></strings>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:definition:SUPPORTED_WIN7
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WIN7)" name="SUPPORTED_WIN7" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:SUPPORTED_WIN7">Microsoft Windows 7 or later</string></strings>
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