20 small tips with Edge browser you should know (Part 1)

The Microsoft Edge browser is one of the new features Microsoft has built into Windows 10 and the browser is used as the default browser on Windows 10, in the future it will completely replace Internet Explorer. If you are a Edge browser user, you can refer to some tips to manipulate the Edge browser in the following article of Network Administrator.

1. Customize Start Page

Start Page is the first page you see when you open the Edge browser. You can customize any page to make the Start Page you want. To do this, click the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen, then select Settings .

Next on the Settings window, you will see the option to customize the Start Page under Open with . Here you can select the Start Page options, New tab page , Previous page and A specific page or pages .

2. Customize the New Tab page on Edge browser

If you want to customize what you want to 'show' on the screen when opening a new tab, first click on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen, then select Settings. Next, select Menu Dropdown under Open new tabs with and select the option you want.

3. Sync Bookmark and Favorite from Edge browser to another browser

To do this, on the Edge browser window, click the 3 dash icon in the top right corner, then click Import favorites .

On the next page, just select the browser you want to sync bookmarks with, then click Import.

4. Reading View mode

With Reading View mode, all other distracting content like ads, search suggestions , etc. on the site will be completely "cleaned up", and only the content of the article you read never mind.

When reading any article on the Internet, click the book icon in the top left corner to enable Reading Mode on the Edge browser.

5. Create Reading List

If you do not have enough time to read all the good articles, you can use the Reading List function on the Edge browser to save and read later. This function is different from Favorite because Reading List will save the web page , so you can read it anytime and anywhere without an Internet connection.

When opening any article, click the star icon in the top corner, then navigate to the Reading list tab. Here you just need to click Add to add the article to the list.

6. Share a website (link or screenshot)

On Edge browser you can share any web page directly on social networking sites, as well as social networking applications that you install on your computer.

While browsing the web, click the Share button in the top right corner of the screen, then select the application you want to share the link with. If you want to share the screenshot of the website instead of sharing the link, click the site name on the menu page that you share the link with.

Now a new menu will appear on the screen, where you select the Screenshot option, then select any social networking application that you want to share the screenshot to.

7. Add a website to the Start Menu

You can pin any website to Start Menu to easily access the website with just one click. To do this, click the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen then click Pin to Start , and the website will be pinned to the Start Menu.

8. Change Edge browser theme

Edge browser integrated 2 themes is Light and Dark . You can choose any theme to make Edge browser theme. Click on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner, then select Settings.

Next select any theme from the dropdown menu under Choose a theme .

In addition, readers can refer to the steps to activate the Dark theme for Edge browser here.

9. Browse the web in private mode

Like other browsers, the Edge browser also has a built-in private browsing mode to wipe out all traces of web pages users have visited.

To activate this mode, click the 3 dots icon in the top right corner, then select New InPrivate Window .

10. Flash

Like the Chrome browser, the Edge browser also has Flash built-in so users can view Flash-based videos on websites. You can easily enable or disable this feature.

Just click on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen, then select Settings . On the Settings window, find and click Advanced Settings. Here you find and enable or disable the option called Use Adobe Flash Player .

Refer to some of the following articles:

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Good luck!