• Microsoft Edge is the only browser with built-in tools to help you save time and money when shopping online. START MICROSOFT EDGE Microsoft Edge is the best browser for shopping.
• Help your kids grow and stay safer online with Microsoft Edge Kids Mode, which makes it easier for parents to customize a better, safer web experience.
• The Samsung Internet weighs around 40MB. The Microsoft Edge app doesn’t show the exact size in the official listing. Based on the app data, should require around 55MB of storage space.

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Many modern websites have designs that are incompatible with Internet Explorer (IE). When an IE user visits an incompatible public website, the user may get a message. The message states that the website is incompatible with the browser. After the message is displayed, the user is expected to manually switch to a modern browser. To minimize disruptions, starting with version 84, Microsoft Edge supports a new capability that automatically redirects users. When an IE user navigates to a website that is incompatible with IE, Windows automatically redirects the user to Microsoft Edge. To review the websites on the list, navigate to Need Microsoft Edge list.

The App Assure promise is this: if your web apps and sites work on IE 11, supported versions of Google Chrome, or any version of Microsoft Edge (including Microsoft Edge Legacy), those web apps and sites should work on the new Microsoft Edge.

This article describes the following concepts.

• Why a website is added to the list
• The user experience for redirection
• Request an update to the list

Why is a website added to the IE compatibility list?

The IE compatibility List only adds a website when the following actions occur.

• Shows an IE user a message suggesting the user should use a different browser for compatibility reasons.
• Owner requests to add the website to the IE compatibility list.

What Browser Does Microsoft Edge Use

Redirection experience

On redirection to Microsoft Edge, the user is shown the one-time dialog in the next screenshot. The dialog provides the user with the following information.

• It explains why the website is being redirected.
• It prompts the user for consent to copy browsing data and preferences from IE to Microsoft Edge.

The following browsing data is imported.

• Favorites
• Passwords
• Search engines
• Open tabs
• History
• Settings
• Cookies
• The Home Page

If the user does not consent by choosing the Always bring over my browsing data and preferences from Internet Explorer checkbox, the user may choose Continue browsing to continue the browsing session.

Finally, a website incompatibility banner is displayed under the address bar for each redirection. An example of a website incompatibility banner is displayed in following figure.

The website incompatibility banner provides the following details to the user.

• Recommends that the user to switch to Microsoft Edge.
• Offers to set Microsoft Edge as the default browser.
• Gives the user the option to explore Microsoft Edge.

When a website is redirected from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge, one of the following actions occurs.

• If the active IE tab had no prior content, it is closed.
• If the active IE tab had prior content, it navigates to the Microsoft support page that explains why the website was redirected to Microsoft Edge.

Note

Change Internet Browser On Microsoft Edge

After a redirection, users may continue to use IE for websites that are not on the IE compatibility list.

Request an update to the IE compatibility list

The IE compatibility list is an XML file on microsoft.com. The list is regularly updated in response to user and website developer requests to have websites added or removed. Updates to the list are automatically downloaded to user machines.

Email the following information to ietoedge@microsoft.com for your website to be added or removed from the IE compatibility list.

• Owner name
• Corporate title
• Email address
• Company name
• Street address
• Website address

The IE compatibility list is updated within a week.

Note

The IE compatibility list is designed to work with public sites only.

The new Microsoft Edge is here. With improved security, privacy, speed, and ease of use, Microsoft Edge surpasses the experience you’ve come to know with Internet Explorer. When you make the switch to Microsoft Edge, you'll experience the web in a whole new way.

Better security

Microsoft Edge includes Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which helps identify suspicious sites that may present phishing or malware attacks. SmartScreen also checks your downloads to help you recognize possible risks. For more information about security in Microsoft Edge, see What is SmartScreen and how can it help protect me?

Increased privacy

Tracking prevention

Microsoft Edge provides better control over how your data is tracked as you browse the web. It provides three levels of tracking prevention: Basic, Balanced, and Strict. You can choose the option that best suits your desired balance of personalization and privacy. For more information about tracking prevention, see Learn about tracking prevention in Microsoft Edge.

InPrivate browsing

Microsoft Edge offers InPrivate browsing, which allows you to hide your browsing history, site and form data, cookies, and passwords from other people who use the same device. InPrivate browsing includes InPrivate search with Microsoft Bing, so any searches on Bing won't be associated with you or influence your Bing search suggestions. For more information about InPrivate browsing, see Browse InPrivate in Microsoft Edge.

Smarter browsing

Microsoft Edge features built-in learning and accessibility tools that enhance your browsing experience, making it easier to find the information you need and connect to it in the way that suits you best.

Microsoft Edge integrates Immersive Reader for some websites, so you can hear web content read to you or view articles without distracting ads.

You can use Collections to organize content on the web around specific themes. Collections is useful whether you're organizing your research, planning a trip, doing comparison shopping, of just want to pick up your browsing later. For more information about using Collections, see Organize your ideas with Collections in Microsoft Edge.

Sync across all devices

With Microsoft Edge, you can sync your favorites, passwords, and other info across multiple devices. Just sign in to Microsoft Edge using the same Microsoft account on each device.

For more information about syncing across multiple devices, see Sign in to sync Microsoft Edge across devices.

Want Microsoft Edge for your mobile device? Get Microsoft Edge for iOS or Android.

Customize your browser

There are many ways to customize how your Microsoft Edge browser looks, feels, and behaves. You can change the browser's appearance (themes, toolbar, display fonts), set how a new tab page looks, and choose the startup behavior. To access these settings:

1. At the top corner of the browser, select Settings and more > Settings .

2. Under Settings, do any of the following:

   • To change appearnce, select Appearance and make the changes you want to your default theme, zoom, toolbar, and fonts.

   • To change startup behavior, select On startup, and then select what you want Microsoft Edge to display on startup.

   • To set how the page looks when you open a new tab, select New tab page, then select Customize, and in the window, select the options you want for Page content and Page layout.

You can also personalize the new tab page in Microsoft Edge.

1. Above the address bar, select the + button to open a new tab.

2. At the top corner of the new tab page, select Page Settings .

3. Choose your page layout, background image, quick links, and more.

4. Scroll down to see your news feed and select Personalize to choose your interests.

Quickly import your favorites, passwords, and other browser data from Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Browser

To make your switch to Microsoft Edge as seamless as possible, you can import data from Internet Explorer and have all your saved favorites, passwords, and other info available to you. There's no need to recreate this data in Microsoft Edge.

For more information about importing your browser data, see Import favorites in Microsoft Edge.

Internet Browser Microsoft Edge

Make Microsoft Edge your default browser

If you've downloaded Microsoft Edge but it's not your default browser, you can easily set it to be your default for Windows 10 or macOS.

Windows 10

1. Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Default apps > Web browser.

2. Select the icon for the current default browser, and then, in the list, select Microsoft Edge.

How To Update Microsoft Edge

macOS

1. Go to the Apple menu > System Preferences > General > Default web browser.

2. From the Default web browser list, select Microsoft Edge.

Get tips and tricks for Microsoft Edge

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To get the most out of Microsoft Edge, check out Microsoft Edge Tips.