How To Configure The Internet Explorer 11 Proxy Server Settings In Group Policy

By default the group policy settings for setting the proxy server in Internet Explorer 11 don’t work. To configure the proxy server settings for IE 11 in group policy you have to use group policy preferences to add the following registry settings:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\
Create a REG_DWORD called ProxyEnable and set the value to 1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\
Create a REG_SZ called ProxyServer and set it to your proxy server’s IP:portnumber or hostname:portnumber (For example: 10.10.10.1:8080)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\
Create a REG_SZ called ProxyOverride and list the sites (separated by a semi-colon 😉 you wish to be in the proxy bypass list. To enable Do not use proxy server for local (Intranet) addresses add ; to the end of the list