How to Change Startup Page in Microsoft Edge Chromium


Microsoft has adopted the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility. This new Microsoft Edge runs on the same Chromium web engine as the Google Chrome browser, offering you best in class web compatibility and performance.

The new Chromium based Microsoft Edge is supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and above), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2), and macOS.

You can set Microsoft Edge to open a new tab (default), continue where you left off, or open a specific page or pages on startup.

This tutorial will show you how to change the startup of the Chromium based Microsoft Edge to open a new tab, continue where you left off, or open a specific page or pages by default.


EXAMPLE: Microsoft Edge is set to "Open a new tab" by default on startup




Here's How:

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (Alt+F) 3 dots menu icon, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

3 Do step 4 (new tab), step 5 (continue where you left off), or step 6 (specific page or pages) below for how you want Microsoft Edge to open on startup.

4 Set Microsoft Edge to "Open a new tab" on Startup

This setting will open the New tab page at startup by default when you open Microsoft Edge.

A) Click/tap on On startup in the left pane, select (dot) Open a new tab on the right side, and go to step 7. (see screenshots below)

Starting with Microsoft Edge Canary, you will need to click/tap on Start, home, and new tabs in the left pane instead, and select (dot) Open the new tab page instead.

If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.

5 Set Microsoft Edge to "Continue where you left off" on Startup

This setting will reopen the tabs from the last browsing session at startup by default when you open Microsoft Edge.

A) Click/tap on On startup in the left pane, select (dot) Continue where you left off on the right side, and go to step 7. (see screenshot below)

Starting with Microsoft Edge Canary, you will need to click/tap on Start, home, and new tabs in the left pane instead, and select (dot) Open tabs from the previous session instead.

If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.

6 Set Microsoft Edge to "Open a specific page or pages" on Startup

This setting will open the website(s) you specify in separate tab(s) at startup by default when you open Microsoft Edge.

A) Click/tap on On startup in the left pane, select (dot) Open a specific page or pages on the right side. (see screenshots below)

Starting with Microsoft Edge Canary, you will need to click/tap on Start, home, and new tabs in the left pane instead, and select (dot) Open these pages instead.

If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.

B) If you want to add all currently open tabs to open at startup, and click/tap on the Use all open tabs button to the right of Set to all currently open tabs. (see screenshots below)

C) If you want to add a new page to open at startup, click/tap on the Add a new page button to the right of Pages, enter the URL of the website and click/tap on Add. (see screenshots below)

D) If you want to delete an added page, click/tap on the More actions (3 dots) button to the right of the added page, and click/tap on Delete. (see left screenshot below)

E) If you want to edit URL of an added page, click/tap on the More actions (3 dots) button to the right of the added page, click/tap on Edit, enter the new URL of the website and click/tap on Save. (see screenshots below)

7 You can now close the Settings tab in Microsoft Edge if you like.


That's it,
Shawn

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