How do I stop MS Edge from opening a new tab every time I click on a link

Anonymous
2020-10-24T20:05:39+00:00

When I am in a web page and click on a link, I stay on the tab I was originally in, but a separate new tab opens up with the link.

This never used to happen - you used to click on a link and you went straight to that page.  In IE Explorer, it was possible to decide whether links opened in the same or a new page.

I end up with 20-30 tabs all open, and they are so small, I can't tell which is which - it is a real nuisance.  Help please?

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

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Anonymous
2021-02-12T15:55:46+00:00

I have tried all the suggestions listed on this thread, none worked for me.

I have Win10 ver. 20H2, with Microsoft Edge ver. 88.0.705.68
I did however, find a fix for my set up.

The issue was not with the browser but with Bing search as I did not have this problem with Google or Yahoo search engines.

FIX - Once you search something using Microsoft Bing

1. Select the 3 lines on the top right corner of your search page NOT the Edge Browser, then

2. Select 'SafeSearch'

3. Scroll down to 'Results' and uncheck the options as required. I unchecked both for search and results.

Alternatively, you can click on Bing - Settings if this link works for you and proceed with option 3 above unchecking the two boxes.

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Anonymous
2021-01-21T08:29:18+00:00

Hi,

I am a normal user of MS edge. Suddenly, I also faced this issue of new tabs opening on every click. It was not like this earlier.

But now I just discovered a small switch when I typed **'edge opens new tab on every link'**on google. This switch is not available every time!  Maybe I had pressed it by mistake sometime, as I am not sure when this switch appears.

I deselected this option, and my problem is solved. I think this may solve your problem also.

You will find this switch saying Open link in new tab

I hope it will help :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-23T18:59:24+00:00

    I'm not sure what this is all about.  I got an email as follows:

    
| Funpire has replied to the question How do I stop MS Edge from opening a new tab every time I click on a link that you are following in [Microsoft Community](https://answers.microsoft.com/). |
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| > <br>> That's because it's the default behavior, as is explained and discussed at length in the threads I gave you.   <br>>   <br>> I also gave you a way to express your opinion about this to microsoft, sine they won't even see it here where we are mostly volunteers trying to help you.   <br>>   <br>> After doing everything I could possible do to help you I see that you marked my post unhelpful. May I ask why?<br><br><br>Whose fault is that? No one wants to spend they time they do to fix this. The fact that we have to come to a support forum to figure out what should be a checkbox in settings is absurd.<br><br><br><br>How about you just answer the question so when people google things a year later, we have the answer, instead of being redirected to other threads where this was "discussed at length"<br><br><br><br>I am about to mark this post as unhelpful and put it down as 1 star on feedback. Either you or Microsoft needs to step up and answer questions directly. Not keep sending us on a longer goose chase looking for the answer that at this point you should just know.<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br><br><br>I don't know what you (and a second person I heard from) are talking about.  I don't care what Edge does or does not do when I click on a link.  <br><br>If you do what you do on a volunteer basis, I say Bravo!  <br><br>Keep it up!<br><br>But leave me out of it, because I don't care either way. |

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-24T07:14:49+00:00

    This works regardless If you use your browser with your account ( if you are signed in ) or not  

    - search for ...something, anything

     - to the right, inside of browser window, next to your name and profile picture or next to "Sing in" buttonklick the "three lines"

    • Select "Settings"
    • select "More"
    • in SEARCH tab under "Results"
    • remove tickers on the two checkboxes ! 
    • Below hit "Save"

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