How do you stop edge from opening a new tab every time you click a link???

Anonymous
2023-02-04T21:10:53+00:00

Microsoft made disabling this feature such a chore, and navigating settings didn't help one bit. I figured I'd ask on the forums before ditching edge all together.

Microsoft Edge | Tabs, address bar, and search | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-30T08:58:09+00:00

    UPDATE!!! - if you are on your new tab and opening quick links there and it opens on a new tab.

    DO THE FOLLOWING - 2 places you need to switch off the setting.

    1.

    Open new Tab

    Click on the Gear Icon

    Then toggle the open in new tab button.

    2.

    Open Bing.com

    Click on the Safe search option.

    There you can uncheck the following under results.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-27T04:48:30+00:00

    None of these work. Stupid MS. You intrigued me with the Copilot thing and blew it away with such a stupid little function you couldn't handle. ****. You do not deserve these users.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T01:01:34+00:00

    This did not help. This only stopped the problem from occurring from the Bing search page. From any other website, clicking a link automatically opens a new tab. How do we stop this?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-09T22:29:02+00:00

    The issue has nothing to do with a search of any kind. I have the same problem as of recently. It doesn't seem to me that anyone here is explaining this issue properly. I can be on any open internet site such as Amazon. And when I click on any task such as simply clicking on the arrow to change from one picture of a given product to another picture, I get a new tab that pops up showing the Amazon home page. Another example: I use MSN as my home page and when I click on the arrow to advance from one news topic in the main windowpane to another news topic, I get a new tab that opens showing some other irrelevant internet page. I do not use Bing as my default search engine. So, it has nothing to do with Bing. This nuisance has only been happening for about two weeks as of 12/09/23. I believe it started after a recent MS edge update. This is a MS Edge software issue that needs to be resolved quickly! This is a true aggravation!

    That is exactly what is happening!! And none of the changes suggested online or above seem to help at all.....

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-08T22:34:32+00:00

    Hi Arav V,

    I would like to obtain additional information about this. On which websites are you observing links that open in a new tab when clicked?

    Eric

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