Sleeping tabs in Microsoft Edge put idle tabs into a low-resource state after a set period of inactivity. This stops pages you are not using from tying up memory and…
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Fade inactive tabs is a visual feature in Microsoft Edge. It dims the tabs that Edge has put to sleep, so you can see at a glance which pages are…
The Always keep these sites active list in Microsoft Edge stops specific web pages from going to sleep when you use Sleeping Tabs. Sleeping Tabs is a memory-saving feature that…
Sleeping tabs in Microsoft Edge pause background web pages after a set period of inactivity (30 minutes in the setup this guide describes) to save memory and battery. A sleeping…
Copilot memory in Microsoft Edge is a browser feature that saves your past chats and web searches so it can personalize its answers. You can stop it with a few…
Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Edge is a built-in AI tool that answers questions using your browsing activity. By default it can read your current webpage, your browser history, and your…
Microsoft Edge security features are built-in tools that block dangerous websites, stop malware downloads, and protect your personal data while you browse. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen (called Windows Defender SmartScreen in…
Changing your default search engine in Microsoft Edge switches the search provider that handles every query you type into the address bar. Microsoft Edge version 90 or newer lets you…
Local network access in Microsoft Edge is a security setting that controls how websites connect to smart devices on your home network, such as printers and streaming boxes. Added in…
Your Microsoft Edge home page is the website you get when you click the Home button. Many people also expect it to load when the browser opens, but Edge treats…
The “Create Podcast” feature in Microsoft Edge uses AI to turn a webpage into spoken audio. You can listen to long articles, news stories and blog posts instead of reading…
Copilot in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 creates short, bullet-point summaries of long web pages, so you can get the main points without reading every word. The tool sits in…
Microsoft Edge can share your browsing data, including your most visited websites, with other Windows features on Windows 11 and Windows 10. Windows uses that data to personalize your PC.…
Password Monitor in Microsoft Edge is a built-in security tool on Windows 11. It checks your saved login details against a public list of over 500 million leaked credentials. If…
Show frequent sites is a Microsoft Edge setting that puts your most visited websites in the taskbar jump list on Windows 11. A jump list is the menu that appears…