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Stop edge from closing when close last tab
+1 for this, I just switched from Opera and this behavior is driving me insane. Please give us the option to change this. After a few hours of work/browsing, I just quickly CTRL + W and close all open tabs to "reset" the browser. If the browser closes with the last tab, that means I have to re-login to 1Password (super annoying because my password is really long).
Deletedno idea if there's any solution available natively but you can use this extension to stop edge from closing when the last tab is closed.
- DeletedJul 11, 2019Thanks, I know about that, but I'm not gonna install an old extension just to fix something so basic. If they don't want it in the settings, they should at least add a flag. I think that would be more than reasonable solution, since not many people are bothered by this, apparently.
- MS_Is_SlippingMay 10, 2022Copper Contributor
People who want to close Edge can just close Edge. People who don't want to close Edge shouldn't have to install extensions to keep from closing it accidentally. Radical, I know.
- MDR_UKMay 10, 2022Copper ContributorThey don't listen to people who actually use windows. If they did we would never have got to the state windows is in now. It's a bloated mess full of stuff hardly anyone will ever use. There should be an option you have not used this bloatware in 28 days should we uninstall it. I think I deserve an award for this idea what do you think Microsoft.
- DeletedJul 11, 2019
Whoa, this is bad. Even if you have a tab pinned, and it's the last tab, you press CTRL + W and the browser closes. When you reopen it, that pinned tab is gone. Please fix this, Edge team.
- captain_chadNov 15, 2019Copper Contributor
zeeshanali1993Um, yes, except that is a Chrome extension and we're discussing Microsoft Edge. The current release version of Edge doesn't support Chrome extensions -- you have to download the beta.