How to Enable or Disable Restore Pages Dialog in Microsoft Edge
The Restore pages dialog in Microsoft Edge (the built-in web browser for Windows 11) pops up after a crash to ask if you want to bring back your old tabs. This prompt saves your session by reopening everything you had open before the browser closed unexpectedly.
You can turn off this feature in the Registry Editor (a tool for changing advanced Windows settings ) if you prefer Edge to start with a fresh tab page every time. Disabling the prompt means Edge stops asking to recover lost tabs and simply opens a clean window after a crash.
You can disable the “Restore pages” dialog in Microsoft Edge by editing the Windows Registry. Navigate to 🗝️HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftEdge, create a DWORD value named HideRestoreDialogEnabled, and set its data to 1. Restart your computer for the change to take effect.
How to Turn the “Restore pages” Dialog On or Off
To disable the Restore pages prompt in Microsoft Edge, open the Windows Registry Editor and go to the Edge policies key to change your browser startup settings. This stops Edge from asking if you want to reopen your tabs after an unexpected closure or crash. You can turn this prompt back on anytime by deleting the registry value you create.
- [Admin Required] Open the Windows Registry on your computer.
- Navigate to this folder path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge - If you don’t see an
Edgefolder, right-click on theMicrosoftfolder and create a new subfolder calledEdge.
- Right-click inside the empty space in the
Edgefolder’s right panel. - Select
Newand thenDWORD (32-bit) Value. - Name the new item:
HideRestoreDialogEnabled - Double-click on the item you just created.
- Make sure the
Baseis set toDecimal. - Set the
Value datato one of these options:- Leave blank or delete: The “Restore pages” dialog stays enabled (default).
- Type 1: The “Restore pages” dialog will be disabled for all users in Edge.
- Click
OKto save your changes. - Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
That’s it! Your setting will now be applied.
Summary
The "Restore pages" dialog in Microsoft Edge helps you reopen tabs after a crash, but you can disable it if you find it annoying.
How to enable restore pages in Edge?
Click on the three dots. Also known as the ellipsus a drop-own menu will now open click on the history menu item. Then the recently closed option. And then click on the previously closed session.
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