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
    2021-02-12T20:33:00+00:00

    Interesting. So I had an older version of the Edge, initially I updated that to Version 88.0.705.68 (Official build) (64-bit) which I see is what you have installed.

    Not sure if you have tried this but someone mentioned selecting the 3 dots and going into Settings| New Tab Page and switching off the option for Preload the new tab page for a faster experience. That tried that but it did not work for me, I have since re-enabled that option.

    In older versions of Edge, the options are in settings. With the version we have installed, you have to run a search (for anything, it does not matter). Once you have search resulting, on the left you have the 3 lines, not the 3 dots. If you click on the 3 lines and select SafeSearch, you should see the option for Results, under which you have a check box for Open links from search results in a new tab or window, if you uncheck this and restart the browser, that should do the job. Are you saying that you have done this and it has not worked?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-12T20:07:56+00:00

    Windows 10 Home Edition version 1909

    MS Edge: Version 88.0.705.68 (Official build) (64-bit)

    OS Build 18363.1316

    Bing

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-12T19:36:18+00:00

    Hi Ian,

    If you respond with the version details of the items listed below, I'll see if I can help further

    Windows
    Browser
    Search Engine

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