{"id":19158,"date":"2020-04-14T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=19158"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:55:47","slug":"how-to-reset-the-new-microsoft-edge-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-reset-the-new-microsoft-edge-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Microsoft Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How to Reset Microsoft Edge\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Microsoft Edge is now more popular than Firefox. It now ranks number 2 behind Google Chrome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">While I am not a fan of Microsoft browsers, I will say the new Microsoft Edge is the best browser Microsoft has ever released\u00a0 &#8211; in my opinion. The reason why? It is built on Chromium &#8211; just as Chrome is. What I like best about Edge is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/18701-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome extensions work with it without a whole lot of fuss<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Since more and more of you are starting to use the new Edge, we&#8217;re going to show you how to reset it. Resetting a browser is one of the best ways to fix browser problems like corruption caused by installing bad extensions and malware. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/a-quick-and-easy-guide-to-resetting-most-popular-browsers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here are our instructions for resetting Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and the &#8220;old&#8221; Edge.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And here&#8217;s how to reset the new MS Edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Click on the 3 horizontal 3 dots (icon) on the top right of EDGE, and then click Settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/reset-edge00.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve MS Edge tips\" width=\"361\" height=\"688\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">From the menu that appears on the left click &#8220;Reset settings&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/reset-edge0.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve MS Edge tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In the next dialog, click on &#8220;Restore settings to their default values&#8221; when it appears in the right pane. A dialog will appear labeled &#8220;Reset settings&#8221;. It contains information about resetting MS Edge and buttons labeled &#8220;Reset&#8221; and &#8220;Cancel&#8221;. Click on &#8220;Reset&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/reset-edge.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve MS Edge tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">I will take a few minutes for MS Edge to reset. When the reset is complete the &#8220;Reset settings&#8221; dialog will disappear. But you&#8217;re not done yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Unlike Google Chrome, when you reset Edge it does not remove your browsing history, so you&#8217;ll need to do that next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">On your keyboard, hold down the CTRL key while tapping the H key. The MS Edge History dialog will appear. At the bottom of the menu, click &#8220;Clear browsing data&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/reset-edge1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve MS Edge tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">From the &#8220;Clear browsing data&#8221; dialog (see the screenshot below), you can choose what to clear and how much of your browsing history you want to clear. If you want to clear everything select &#8220;All time&#8221; under &#8220;Time range&#8221; and make sure all of the boxes beneath are checked. Other time ranges available are &#8220;Last hour&#8221;, &#8220;Last 24 hours&#8221;, &#8220;Last 7 days&#8221;, and &#8220;Last 4 weeks&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/reset-edge2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve MS Edge tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">When you have everything the way you want it, click &#8220;Clear now&#8221;. Edge will clear your browsing history and other selected items for the time range you chose.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; How to Reset Microsoft Edge\u00a0 Microsoft Edge is now more popular than Firefox. It now ranks number 2 behind Google Chrome. While I am not a fan of Microsoft browsers, I will say the new Microsoft Edge is the best browser Microsoft has ever released\u00a0 &#8211; in my opinion. The reason why? 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