How to Enable or Disable Omnibox Favicons in Microsoft Edge Chromium

This tutorial is no longer valid in Microsoft Edge.

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.

Microsoft has also introduced a new Microsoft Edge logo that is designed to capture the waves of innovation that they plan to bring to you.

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.

See also:

• New Chromium based Microsoft Edge now generally available
• Introducing the new Microsoft Edge and Bing | Windows Experience Blog
• Straight from the cutting edge

When you type something into the Omnibox (address bar) of Microsoft Edge, the URL suggestions in the dropdown will show favicons by default instead of generic vector icons.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing favicons for URL suggestions in the Omnibox dropdown for the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.


EXAMPLE: "Omnibox UI Show Suggestion Favicons" enabled and disabled in Microsoft Edge




Here's How:

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Copy and paste edge://flags/#omnibox-ui-show-suggestion-favicons into the address bar, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

3 Select Default (same as enabled), Enabled, or Disabled in the Omnibox UI Show Suggestion Favicons drop menu for what you want, and click/tap on Restart to apply.

4 When finished, you can close the Experiments tab if you like.




That's it,
Shawn