How to Enable or Disable Preload New Tab 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.
Microsoft Edge loads the New Tab page in the background by default to make it faster. The content that is loaded might include cookies, if you allow cookies.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable preloading the new tab page in the background in the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Preload New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Edge Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Preload New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge for All Users using a REG file
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 Click/tap on New tab page on the left 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.
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.
4 Turn on (default) or off Preload the new tab page for a faster experience for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.
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You must be sign in as an administrator to do this option.
This option uses the NewTabPagePrerenderEnabled policy to enable or disable preload of the new tab page for faster rendering in Microsoft Edge for all users on the computer.
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
NewTabPagePrerenderEnabled DWORD
(delete) = Default
0 = Always disabled
1 = Always enabled
1 Do step 2 (enable), step 3 (disable), or step 4 (default) below for what you would like to do.
This step will force the Preload the new tab page for a faster experience setting in Option One to always be turned on without users being able to change this setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Force_enable_preload_new_tab_page_in_Microsoft_Edge_for_all_users.reg
Download
This step will force the Preload the new tab page for a faster experience setting in Option One to always be turned off without users being able to change this setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Force_disable_preload_new_tab_page_in_Microsoft_Edge_for_all_users.reg
Download
This is the default setting.
This step will allow users to use Option One to turned on and off the Preload the new tab page for a faster experience setting in Microsoft Edge.A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Default_user_choice_preload_new_tab_page_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg
Download
5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen Microsoft Edge to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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