Web Select Option Gone After Recent Edge Update

Anonymous
2023-06-04T16:11:02+00:00

MS Edge Version: 114.0.1823.37

For some reason, I no longer have the Web Select option in the right-click context menu. I still have Web Capture, but Web Select is no longer there. Did MS remove this feature, or is it a bug?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-08T15:09:04+00:00

    Hmmm
    I'm using the exact same version of Edge.

    Try this - open PowerShell ISE, click the New File button, paste this in:

    Get-Process -ProcessName msedge | Stop-Process



Get-Process -ProcessName msedgewebview2 | Stop-Process



Start-Sleep -Seconds 2



Start-Process "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" -ArgumentList '--profile-directory=Default','--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect'

    Click the green Run button or press F5

    Should kill all running Edge and start an instance with working Web Select, tested working on my PC anyway.

    Thank you, the script worked for me

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-09T12:58:39+00:00

    i realize MS is a giant company and doesn't care about one person

    but the removal of this feature made me actually angry because it was so helpful to my workflow.

    and this is coming from someone who foolishly defended Windows Phone back in the day.

    such a bizarre and shameful decision to take away a feature already developed and clearly serving a lot of people.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-10T06:21:06+00:00

    The feature has magically become available to me once again. I suspect it has to do with a version update since I recently went from:

    119.0.2151.58 (Official build) (64-bit)

    to

    119.0.2151.97 (Official build) (64-bit)

    I'm sure a recent Windows Update was responsible for the Edge update.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T14:21:12+00:00

    Microsoft made it official in September.

    Archived release notes for Microsoft Edge Stable Channel | Microsoft Learn

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-archive-stable-channel#version-1170204531-september-15-2023

    • Deprecation of Web Select. To improve end user experience, this feature is being deprecated and will no longer be an option under Web Capture or via keyboard shortcut.

    How this improves end user experience? Maybe "To make companies stop yelling at us for a feature they want to block"..

    Rest in peace Web Select, goodbye Edge. I'm using alternative browsers now because Edge has no "edge" over the competition with this feature gone.

    Brian Rogers.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T14:49:32+00:00

    RIP Web Select. I fail to understand how removing it improves user experience. That was literally one of the edges of Edge.

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