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397 settings · 7.9.1 · 8 Apr 2026

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Cookie Behavior in private browsing

Computer and userIntune-readyCookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing

Supported on Firefox 95 or later, Firefox 91.4 ESR or later

What it does

If this policy is enabled, you can configure cookie behavior in private browsing. If this policy is not configured or disabled, in private browsing, cookies are rejected for known trackers and third-party cookies are partitioned.

What it writes

Hive
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies

Options

OptionTypeRegistry valueAllowed values
Cookie Behavior in private browsing Drop-down list BehaviorPrivateBrowsing
  • Accept all cookiesaccept
  • Reject third party cookiesreject-foreign
  • Reject all cookiesreject
  • Reject third party cookies for sites you haven't visitedlimit-foreign
  • Reject cookies for known trackersreject-tracker
  • Reject cookies for known trackers and partition third-party cookies (Total Cookie Protection)reject-tracker-and-partition-foreign

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\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies]
"BehaviorPrivateBrowsing"="accept"


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: Cookie Behavior in private browsing
# Name: Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: firefox.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies' -Name 'BehaviorPrivateBrowsing' -PropertyType 'String' -Value 'accept'
  • 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: Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_firefox/Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing
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: Cookie Behavior in private browsing
# Name: Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: firefox.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies' -Name 'BehaviorPrivateBrowsing' -Kind 'String' -Expected 'accept'
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies\BehaviorPrivateBrowsing') | 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: Cookie Behavior in private browsing
# Name: Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: firefox.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies' -Name 'BehaviorPrivateBrowsing' -PropertyType 'String' -Value 'accept'

History 85 retained releases

  1. 7.513 Nov 2025
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  2. 7.220 Aug 2025
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  3. 6.69 Jan 2025
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  4. 6.526 Nov 2024
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  9. 3.99 May 2022
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  10. 3.48 Dec 2021
    • Added in this release.

43 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name
Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing
Namespace
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox
Template file
firefox.admx
Release
Mozilla Firefox 7.9.1 · file set a735e5407dca0f19…
Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Both" displayName="$(string.Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing)" explainText="$(string.Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing_Explain)" key="Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Cookies" name="Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing" presentation="$(presentation.Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:Cookies" />
      <supportedOn ref="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:SUPPORTED_FF95" />
      <elements>
        <enum id="Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing" valueName="BehaviorPrivateBrowsing">
          <item displayName="$(string.Cookies_Behavior_Accept)">
            <value>
              <string>accept</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Cookies_Behavior_RejectForeign)">
            <value>
              <string>reject-foreign</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Cookies_Behavior_Reject)">
            <value>
              <string>reject</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Cookies_Behavior_LimitForeign)">
            <value>
              <string>limit-foreign</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Cookies_Behavior_RejectTracker)">
            <value>
              <string>reject-tracker</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Cookies_Behavior_RejectTrackerAndPartitionForeign)">
            <value>
              <string>reject-tracker-and-partition-foreign</string>
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <dropdownList refId="Cookies_BehaviorPrivateBrowsing" />
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:category:Cookies
<category displayName="$(string.Cookies_group)" name="Cookies" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:firefox" />
    </category>
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:category:firefox
<category displayName="$(string.firefox)" name="firefox" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies:Cat_Mozilla" />
    </category>
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:definition:SUPPORTED_FF95
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_FF95)" name="SUPPORTED_FF95" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Mozilla.Policies:category:Cat_Mozilla
<category displayName="$(string.mozilla)" name="Cat_Mozilla" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:category:Cookies
<category displayName="$(string.Cookies_group)" name="Cookies" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:firefox" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:Cookies_group">Cookies</string></strings>
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:category:firefox
<category displayName="$(string.firefox)" name="firefox" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies:Cat_Mozilla" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:firefox">Firefox</string></strings>
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:definition:SUPPORTED_FF95
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_FF95)" name="SUPPORTED_FF95" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:SUPPORTED_FF95">Firefox 95 or later, Firefox 91.4 ESR or later</string></strings>
Mozilla.Policies:category:Cat_Mozilla
<category displayName="$(string.mozilla)" name="Cat_Mozilla" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies:mozilla">Mozilla</string></strings>
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