How to enable and disable full screen mode in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge allows you to browse in full screen mode, hiding toolbars, tabs and other interface components. Here's how to enable and disable full screen mode in the Microsoft Edge browser.

These instructions apply to both Microsoft's new open source Chromium-based Edge browser and the original version of Microsoft Edge that came with Windows 10.

Press F11 to switch full screen mode

When Microsoft Edge is open, you can press the key F11on the keyboard to enter full screen mode at any time. Click F11again to exit full screen mode. F11responsible for turning on and off full screen mode.

This shortcut works in all popular web browsers, including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. If you need to enter or exit full screen mode while browsing the web in any web browser, just press F11.

Use the Zoom menu

You can also activate full screen mode with the mouse. To do so, click the menu button in the upper right corner of the Edge browser window (three dots in a horizontal row).

To the right of the Zoom option in the menu, click the Full Screen button to activate the full screen browsing experience.

Click the Full Screen button to enable full screen browsing experience

In full screen mode, move the mouse to the top of the screen and click the X button to exit full screen mode. (The button appears only when you move the mouse over the screen).

You can also press F11on the keyboard to exit full screen mode of Microsoft Edge.

You can also press F11 on the keyboard to exit Microsoft Edge's full screen mode

If you use the classic Edge version that comes with Windows 10, instead you have to move your mouse over the screen to show the hidden toolbar.

On the toolbar, click the Unmaximize button , located between the minimize and close buttons in the upper right corner of the screen to turn off full screen mode. You can also click the menu button (three dots) and click the Full Screen button again to turn off full screen mode.

The key F11will also turn on and off full screen mode in the classic version of Edge.

The F11 key will also turn on and off full screen mode in the classic version of Edge

Win + Shift + Enter keys (old Microsoft Edge only)

If you use the original version of the Edge, you can press Win+ Shift+ Enterto enter and exit full-screen mode. However, the key F11does the same thing in both editions of Edge, so you can press F11instead. Just press a single key.

The shortcut Win+ Shift+ Enteractually works for all Universal Windows Platform apps on Windows 10, including other apps like the Mail app. It does not work in classic desktop applications such as the new Microsoft Edge.