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Microsoft Edge

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Microsoft Edge is a discarded essential, office app. Microsoft Edge is the best performing browser on Windows 10. Let Microsoft Edge help you stay in the flow, save big while shopping, and stay safer online with built-in tools that simply make browsing better.

  • Open in Microsoft Store or invoke: 
    winget install -e XPFFTQ037JWMHS --accept-package-agreements
  • Invoke the installer listed on Windows Package Manager: 
    winget install -e Microsoft.Edge
  • Download the latest release of its source code repository on GitHub

Add custom search engines

about:settings/searchEngines
  • Google ← Search engine used in the address bar
Search engineKeywordURL with %s in place of query
DeepLdeepl.comhttps://www.deepl.com/translator#../../%s
Dudenduden.dehttps://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/%s
LaTeX Documentationtexdoc.orghttp://texdoc.org/serve/%s/0
LaTeX Documentationctan.orghttps://ctan.org/pkg/%s
Wolfram Alphawolframalpha.comhttps://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%s
IMDbimdb.comhttps://www.imdb.com/find/?ref_=opensearch&q=%s
JustWatchjustwatch.comhttps://www.justwatch.com/de/Suche?q=%s
Unicode Character Tableunicode-table.comhttps://symbl.cc/en/search/?q=%s
MOSES Modul Kurzübersichtmoseskonto.tu-berlin.dehttps://moseskonto.tu-berlin.de/moses/modultransfersystem/bolognamodule/ansehen.html?number=%s
Google Mapsmaps.google.comhttps://www.google.com/maps/search/%s

Toggle experimental features

StatusFlagDescription
Disabledabout:flags/#overscroll-history-navigationTwo-finger overscroll navigations
Disabledabout:flags/#edge-show-feature-recommendationsRecommends Bing as search engine

Extensions

NameThumbnailModportal linksCategoriesDescription
Privacy RedirectEdge Add-ons, Chrome Web Store-Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and more to privacy friendly alternatives.
uBlock OriginEdge Add-ons, Chrome Web Store-Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
  • Hide extensions from toolbar
    • Click on Extensions button in the toolbar
    • Disable Show in toolbar (eye icon) for all extensions

Add keyboard shortcuts

about:extensions/shortcuts
  • Alt + Shift + D ← Toggle current site # Dark Reader
  • Ctrl + Shift + 2 ← Choose another field in KeeWeb # KeeWeb Connect
  • Ctrl + Shift + 1 ← One-time codes # KeeWeb Connect
  • Ctrl + Shift + V ← Submit the form automatically # KeeWeb Connect

Modify settings manually

Hide Bing Discover button

edge:settings/sidebar/appSettings?hubApp=2354565a-f412-4654-b89c-f92eaa9dbd20
  • Show Discover

Sync

about:settings/profiles/sync
  • Sign in to turn on sync
  • Favorites
  • Settings
  • Basis info
  • Passwords
  • History
  • Open tabs
  • Extensions
  • Collections
  • Payments using Microsoft account

Appearance

about:settings/appearance
  • System default ← Overall appearance
  • Scroll to Customize toolbar
  • Show tab actions menu
  • Hide title bar while in vertical tabs
  • Turn on ← Show vertical tabs for all current browser windows
  • Only on new tabs ← Show favorites bar
  • Scroll to Select which buttons to show on the toolbar:
  • Home button [Alt+Home]
  • Show automatically ← Extensions button
  • Favorites buttons [Ctrl+Shift+O]
  • Collections button [Ctrl+Shift+Y]
  • History button [Ctrl+H]
  • Downloads button
  • Web capture button [Ctrl+Shift+S]
  • Share button
  • Feedback button

When Edge starts

about:settings/onStartup
  • Open the new tab page ← When Edge starts

Setup content handling

Block the following permission requests

about:settings/content/location

about:settings/content/notifications

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