Hi I've found how to solve this issue
the problem is from Bing (the search engine) not Edge (Browser)
- Search Something on Bing
- Tap the 3-dash button setting on the upper right corner
- open safety search
- in safety search, turn off open new tab after link click
- make sure you save the setting
Force popup windows to open in new tab?
How can I force links to open in the same tab instead of a new one?
Can I Force Links to Open in the Same Tab?
Force popup windows to open in new tab?
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Hi I've found how to solve this issue
the problem is from Bing (the search engine) not Edge (Browser)
- Search Something on Bing
- Tap the 3-dash button setting on the upper right corner
- open safety search
- in safety search, turn off open new tab after link click
- make sure you save the setting
I'm changing my default browser away from Edge. The new tab for every link feature is just too annoying. And there doesn't appear to be a fix.
Ideally, the feature you are looking for in Edge to open a new tab is currently not available
LOLWUT
A popular feature which was a common, top-level setting in IE, and which has existed in both Chrome and Firefox for many years, was intentionally not imported into Edge's feature set? Who made that decision? This is why people continue to use non-MS browsers in the majority.
C'mon Microsoft, free tip from a Systems Engineer: don't remove/drop features that are very popular with users. This is requirements capture 101.
Thanks Aditya, we almost have this solved.
Holding the Ctrl key and clicking works exactly how I want it to EXCEPT I don't want to have to hold the Ctrl key, I want that action to be the default when I click on links that would otherwise open as a popup window. How do I do that?
Here's how it's done in Firefox:
"In order to force popups opening in a new tab instead enterabout:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction. double-click it and change its value to 0**."
Is there anything like that for Edge?
Some websites open links in a new tab, and I find this incredibly annoying. Is there any way to force links to open in the same tab, instead of opening a new one?
Hi folks,
Edge doesn't seem to have the option natively (which I think is shortsighted) to force pop-up windows to open in a new tab. I was using the extension "Open link in same tab, pop up as tab", but in the newest builds of Edge it seems to be broken.
Is there any way to accomplish this, or any extension I can use that would perform this seemingly simple action? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly.
Try below.
- Open Edge – 3 dots located top right corner – Settings – Default browser – Internet Options – General Tab – Tabs
- Under Open links from other programs in: Make sure a check mark is on “A new tab in the current window”
- Click “Ok” to save.
This is why no one wants to use your browser. Why on Earth would anyone want to navigate completely away from a page to scour information in a referencing link? Do you not know how people read on the internet? This is just bonkers. Now I have to remember to hit Control every I click a link? Half the time, I will forget that and navigate away from the main content I was reading. Ridiculous.
We ended up with separate Edge profile and installed xTab extension with 1 tab limit and starting Edge with
start msedge --profile-directory="profile-name" https://example.com/app?customer_id=123
So, I figured out something today that might be helpful for the rest of you to know. For opening links from an external application in the same tab instead of opening a new one each time, I found that there is a command line switch you can send (to either Chrome or MSEdge) that will force it to open the links in the current tab instead of opening up a new one each time. The command line switch is --same-tab. You can test it out on your desktop by typing "run" in the search area then enter "msedge.exe https://www.google.com --same-tab" and then you can do the same thing and run "msedge.exe https://www.bing.com --same-tab" to see that it opens in the same tab instead of opening a new one. Firefox allows you to do this also using a setting (see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__support.mozilla.org_en-2DUS_questions_1226151&d=DwMFaQ&c=V3E2dpHRlUvY_bbhI_FZVQ&r=Xk1kOIolUaP-NcSul0WyhJcdaM58JtokdrOiaZE8cuo&m=uqP1u9YgD3Fr_o7MPq8-s2vkE2Z7XWlu7Je1U1HQ4Z4&s=i8u4Di0rbwag4VpWDbjF2iOSXVvVKyZMdEKdi1E-61I&e=). I found this page that has a list of Chromium based browsers command-line switches https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ that was helpful! You could also do a registry setting change by going to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSEdgeHTM\shell\open\command and set the default key to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --same-tab --single-argument %1 so that it will open in the current tab for the links by default. I hope this saves someone some time!