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wbrown269
Mar 02, 2022Copper Contributor
How to disable tabs in Edge?
I been looking for a way to disable tabs in Edge, but have been unsuccessful. Let me provide some additional details. The user in question is my mother, who is blind, so there is no use of the mous...
Noel Burgess
Mar 02, 2022Iron Contributor
wbrown269 wrote:
Imagine having 3 Edge windows open with 5 tabs each. You would have to Alt+Tab to the window you think has the tab you're looking for, then Ctrl+Tab though the the 5 tabs to see if the page you are looking for is there...
wbrown269
I don't know of any way to disable tabbed browsing, but I'd just point out that on Windows 10/11, you can arrange for Alt-Tab to cycle through all Edge tabs as well as other open windows, so no need to identify the window first. Settings > System > Multi-tasking > Alt+Tab to configure.
wbrown269
Mar 03, 2022Copper Contributor
Ahh, yes that looks like it might be the workaround.....at least it is the closest suggestion I've seen.
I'm going to set that up on her machine and see how it goes.
Thanks!