Microsoft Edge: Bypass NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID - ShellHacks (2024)

Usually, when you get the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error in a Microsoft Edge browser you can bypass it by going to “Advanced” and clicking on “Continue to <website> (unsafe)” option.

But it may happen that there is no such option in “Advanced”.

This short note shows how to bypass the error NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID in the Microsoft Edge if there is no “Continue to website (unsafe)” option.

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Bypass NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID in Microsoft Edge

If there is no “Continue to website (unsafe)” option, in this case to bypass the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error you can try to click anywhere on the page with this error in the Microsoft Edge browser and type “thisisunsafe“.

This should automatically refresh the page and open a website with a “Not Secure” red color warning in the address bar.

If this doesn’t work, then probably there is a Group Policy that prevents to ignore the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error.

To disable this policy, open a Registry Editor (press ⊞ Win + R and execute regedit), open the registry hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER, open the Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge, double-click on the SSLErrorOverrideAllowed and set the value to 1.

Close the Registry Editor and restart the Microsoft Edge browser.

The next time you visit a website with the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error, the “Continue to <website> (unsafe)” option should appear in “Advanced”.