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Brass Contributor

Aug 27, 2019

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How do you change which profile is the default?

I'd like to set a particular profile as my default profile for opening hyperlinks from other applications. Is there a way to specify which profile new Edge Dev windows open with?

Avi Vaid
Feb 19, 2020
In Edge 81 onward, you can do this natively in the browser. Check out this discussion - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/select-a-default-profile-to-open-external-links-in/m-p/1174768

DarrenMH

Microsoft

Aug 27, 2019

Hi USMA56795 - the short answer, not today.

With that said, profile management is a big topic on this end. We could tweak some shortcuts to maybe open a specific profile when Microsoft Edge launches, but this isn't the end result you are looking for when it comes top URL's from within other apps.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll mark on this end as a feature request to track with profiles. A default profile as you mentioned is a good call out.

Thanks,

DarrenMH

JayCSr

Copper Contributor

Jan 31, 2021

with your profile active, if you pin that occurrence of edge to the task bar, every time you open edge via the task bar you will be in your preferred profile.

DarrenMH

AshRez
Copper Contributor
Aug 27, 2023
JayCSr Thank you, this solved my issue.
bspratt22
Copper Contributor
Feb 25, 2022
Yes JayCSr you nailed it. Thanks so much for the most simple and fast fix!
tinyskapieaz
Copper Contributor
Apr 15, 2021
thank you so much JayCSr it works to pin whilst browsing with that instance open