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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

chris_conley

Brass Contributor

Aug 27, 2019

Thanks. If I have two Edge Dev windows open--with 2 different profiles--which is used for opening hyperlinks from other applications? It seems random.

E.g. When replying to this, it picked my work profile window, so I had to log in using my Microsoft account, which defeats the single-sign on experience.

The profile work so far is great, though: keep it up!

RenatoPagan
Brass Contributor
Aug 28, 2019
chris_conley It will open in the latest profile window that were active/used.

I found this thread looking for the same solution. It will be great to have n option to choose a default profile.
MacOS has an app called Choosy that does it.
https://www.choosyosx.com/