If you trust a website but find that some features of this site do not work, perhaps because of the high security settings of your computer, you can create an exception by adding the site to the site. Trusted sites listing. This article explains how to add a trusted site in Windows 10. This exception applies to all browsers, including new Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and so on.
What is a trusted site?
Internet security options offer four different zones. Are these four areas
- l & #39; Internet
- Local intranet
- Trusted sites
- Restricted sites.
All of these areas have a specific security level for the browser and files on your computer.
The default value for the l & #39; Internet the area is Medium-High. If you want to add an exception, you must add the site to the Trusted sites zone so your computer can trust the website and overwrite all other security zone settings.
How to add a trusted site in Windows 10
To add a trusted site in Windows 10, you must follow these steps.
- Open Internet Options
- Go to Security> Trusted sites
- Click the Sites button
- Enter the URL of the website in the list and click the Add button.
Let's see the procedure a little more in detail.
Search for "Internet Options" in the search box on the taskbar and click on the result. This will open the Internet options window
After opening you have to go to the security tongue. Then click on the Trusted sites option then click on the Sites button.
Now you have to enter the URL of the website in the field Add this site to the zone box. There are two ways to list a website.
First of all, you can write the specific URL like this:
https://www.thewindowsclub.com
Second, you can paste something like this:
*.thewindowsclub.com
Suppose your desired website has multiple subdomains and you want to add all of them to the list of trusted sites. Instead of writing each subdomain one by one, you can use a generic entry as in the second example.
After that, click on the button close and D & #39; agreement buttons to save your change.
You do not need to restart your computer to apply the change, which applies to all installed browsers.
How to remove a website from the list of trusted sites
If you added a website in error and you want to remove it from the list of trusted sites, follow these steps:
- Open Internet Options
- Go to Security and select Trusted sites.
- Click the Sites button
- Select the URL and click Remove
- Record your change.
To begin, you must open the same Internet Options window and access the security tongue. Here you have to select Trusted sites zone and click on the Sites button to unveil the list.
Then select a URL from the list and click on the button Remove button.
Now you have to save your settings to apply the change.