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The Right-Click Menu in Edge Is a Mess — Let Us Customize It
I’m writing this out of sheer frustration. The right-click context menu in Microsoft Edge has become a bloated, chaotic mess. It’s packed with options I never use, cluttered with features I didn’t ask for, and completely lacking in user control. Every time I try to do something simple — copy text, inspect an element, save an image — I’m forced to wade through a swamp of irrelevant entries.
Why is there still no native way to customize this menu? No toggle, no drag-and-drop, no “hide this item” option. Just a static wall of Microsoft’s assumptions about what I need.
I’m not asking for miracles. I’m asking for basic UX respect:
• Let users remove or hide items they don’t use.
• Let us reorder the menu so frequently used actions are at the top.
• Let us disable features like that we don't use without having to dig through obscure settings or registry hacks.
This isn’t a niche request. Just look at the Remove unnecessary items from right-click menu in Edge | Microsoft Community Hub thread — users have been asking for this for years. The silence is deafening.
Edge has come a long way, but this context menu issue is a glaring oversight. Please, give us the power to clean up our own workspace. We’re not asking for less functionality — we’re asking for control.
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- John_D_LewisCopper Contributor
That's all well and good, but I would keep screenshot and remove everything below it.
Microsoft, as usual, comes up with a ridiculous "solution" by have a menu where it takes TWSO clicks (More tool > Screenshot) to do a screenshot.