Microsoft EDGE collection tab dissapared

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Microsoft EDGE collection tab dissapared

Fde Yhhjj 0

where does EDGE collection tab go? there was important data in it .How can i recover it? User's image

Tucker, Tim 0 Reputation points

2026-06-29T09:09:26.7666667+00:00

This has blown my mind how a company could do this. I had all my most important work items saved in the collections, and even though I use this web browser and the collections daily, there was not a single warning visible that collections were being retired.

Now, completely unable to get these work items back, I'm left in a very difficult position. I will never use Edge ever again, and try my hardest to avoid microsoft products when I know they can make such catastrophically terrible irreversible decisions such as this with no thought to the user.
Nettie Li 0 Reputation points

2026-06-29T09:18:50.6+00:00

Yes it's totally disgusting, i lost all the collections of the past 5 yrs

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Tucker, Tim 0 Reputation points

2026-06-29T09:09:26.7666667+00:00

This has blown my mind how a company could do this. I had all my most important work items saved in the collections, and even though I use this web browser and the collections daily, there was not a single warning visible that collections were being retired.

Now, completely unable to get these work items back, I'm left in a very difficult position. I will never use Edge ever again, and try my hardest to avoid microsoft products when I know they can make such catastrophically terrible irreversible decisions such as this with no thought to the user.
Nettie Li 0 Reputation points

2026-06-29T09:18:50.6+00:00

Yes it's totally disgusting, i lost all the collections of the past 5 yrs

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AlainT 20

Frankly, you're removing the only reason I kept Edge. So now I can switch to Vivaldi or other browsers.

Deals Jordan 0 Reputation points

2026-06-27T23:52:48.07+00:00

Totally agree 👍

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Mike Weatherley 5

I invested heavily in using Collections, didn't see the notifications or warnings about the feature disappearing.
Yet another reason to move back to Chrome.

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Answer 3

Hello Fde Yhhjj,

Collections has been retired in Edge. The exact recovery options depend on which Edge version you're on right now and which kind of account you sign into Edge with (personal Microsoft account vs work/school), so worth checking that first:

Edge > … (Settings and more) > Help and feedback > About Microsoft Edge.

A bit of context on the timeline:

Starting with Edge 145, adding new items was disabled, but existing Collections were still viewable, and there were two recovery options in the Collections pane — Move to Favorites (converts saved pages into Favorites folders) and Export Your Data (work/school accounts only).
Starting with Edge 149 (rolled out June 4, 2026), Collections has been fully removed from the browser, so the in-Edge recovery options aren't available anymore.

So where that leaves you:

If you're on a pre-149 build, open Collections via … > More tools > Collections and use Move to Favorites straight away. Heads up — only the saved web pages (URLs) carry over; images, notes, and other non-page items don't.
If you're already on Edge 149 and you sign in with a personal Microsoft account, your saved Collections should still be visible at https://bing.com/saves, which is the fallback Microsoft kept for MSA users.
If you're on 149 with a work/school account and didn't export beforehand, there isn't really a supported recovery path left, unfortunately.

Reference: Organize your ideas with Collections in Microsoft Edge

If you can share your Edge version and whether it's a personal or work/school sign-in, I can be more specific about what you can still pull back.

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Thomas4-N 17,980 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-10T15:28:32.5366667+00:00

Hello Fde Yhhjj,

Just check in to see how things are going. Let me know if you need anything.
Tucker, Tim 0 Reputation points

2026-06-29T09:13:55.76+00:00

I am a work user which had 0 warning that collections were being retired, and have opened my browser today to find all my important links and collections completely gone, and seemingly unable to get any of them back.

The fact it was known that there isn't a supported recovery route for school/work users and yet the company feels it's acceptable to push out the removal is everything I need to know about how microsoft values it's users.

I can't begin to tell you how angry and frustrated I am

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Lopez del Fresno, Mauro 0

No warning, and now my collections are gone! Goodbye edge

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Deals Jordan 0

This is the most stupid change ever!
People change things to the best not to the worst!
I kept all my work, shopping, learning and entertainment pages in those collections and now I have to try to remember each page every time. You should have warned us so we could save those collections and move to another more reliable browser.
I'm so mad and frustrated.
that was the only feature that made me go back to using Edge after many years with Chrome and Firefox.

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