How to Use Microsoft Edge to Pick Up Where You Left Off

The immediate current news is that Microsoft Edge is now AI-supported through OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Bing collaboration. This is advantageous for learning, research, and writing in general.

Furthermore, you probably have a lot of tabs open at any given time if you browse the web frequently, and you might want to always pick up where you left off. This simplifies things and gets you going fast.

However, when you first start Microsoft Edge, it opens in a new tab by default. It can be annoying to lose all of those tabs and have to find them again when you restart your computer or close your browser.

Thankfully, Microsoft Edge allows you to start the browser with the tabs you were previously using, so each time you power it up, you can pick up where you left off.

This guide explains how to configure Microsoft Edge to open tabs from the past whenever possible.

How to Always Open Previous Tabs When Using Microsoft Edge

Do you wish to resume where you left off? You can quickly access Microsoft Edge’s launch options from its settings menu and change the settings. 

This means that when you close your browser or restart your computer, your tabs will automatically open the next time you launch Edge. 

To activate this functionality, just start by following these instructions:

Step 1: Open Edge in Microsoft Edge and go to Settings.

Step 2: Select the three-dot icon that is situated in the window’s upper-right corner.

Step 3: You must select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.

Step 4: Select “Start, home and new tabs” from the left-hand menu under the Settings menu.

Step 5: There is a drop-down menu with multiple options under “Startup behavior.”

Step 6: To ensure that Edge opens with your previous tabs open, select “Continue where you left off.”

Try opening a few tabs, closing Edge, and then relaunching it to see if it resolves the issue. Verify if all of your previous tabs are open in Microsoft Edge.

Turning on Session Recovery

In Microsoft Edge, you have the option to enable session restore in addition to changing the starting behavior.

This implies that the next time you open Edge, your tabs will be instantly restored in the event that your browser crashes or you unintentionally close it. To make this function available:

1. Navigate to the Settings menu’s “System and performance” section.
2. Check to see if the toggle button is on or turn on “Continue running background programs while Microsoft Edge is closed.”
3. After turning on Edge, try restarting your computer to see if the issue is resolved.

Using third-party extensions, pick up where you left off with edge

Although Microsoft Edge comes with built-in tab management tools, you can further personalize your browser experience by using third-party extensions.

An overview of a few well-liked tab management extensions is provided below:

1. OneTab

OneTab is a popular extension for Google Chrome that is also available for Microsoft Edge. You may quickly create a list with all of your open tabs and restore it whenever you would like. This is helpful if you need to close your browser and do not want to lose your tabs, or if you have a lot of tabs open and want to preserve them for later. All you have to do to utilize OneTab is click on the symbol located in the top-right corner of your browser window.

2. Tabli

Tabli is another popular extension for managing tabs in Microsoft Edge. You can use it to group the tabs you have open and access them via a drop-down menu. This comes in handy when you need to swiftly switch between different sets of tabs or when you have a lot of tabs open and want to keep them organized. Click the Tabli icon in the top-right corner of your browser window to begin using Tabli.

3. Your session partner

Session Buddy is an extension for managing and saving sessions in Microsoft Edge. It lets you store every tab open into a session that you may restore whenever you would like. Additionally, you have the option to group your sessions and quickly search through them to locate particular tabs. To start using Session Buddy, click on its icon in the top-right corner of your browser’s window. 

How to Bring Back Microsoft Edge’s Closed Tabs

Although the aforementioned pointers for picking up where you left off with Edge are helpful, windows are not the only things that might close by accident.

It is possible to accidentally click on an open tab and close it at times.

Using the following advice, you may also easily reopen this closed tab by using the same shortcut keys:

1. Click and hold the tab bar.
2. Right-click on the closed tab and choose Reopen.

As an alternative, you can accomplish the same task by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T.

This will enable you to pick up where you left off and reopen all of your recently closed tabs at once.

Extra Tab Management Advice

To help you manage your tabs in Microsoft Edge, here are some more tips in addition to the tools and extensions mentioned above. Here are a few helpful pointers:

1. Delete All History of Navigation

Microsoft Edge allows you to delete your browsing history if you have a lot of tabs open. This will erase your browsing history and every URL you have ever visited. Select “History” by clicking the three dots in the top-right corner. After that, choose the time period for which you wish to delete your browsing history by clicking on “Clear browsing data.”

2. Tab syncing and saving between devices

You can sync and preserve tabs across all of your devices if you use Microsoft Edge on more than one. This implies that you can quickly access tabs open on your laptop from your desktop or mobile device. You must log into your Microsoft account using Microsoft Edge in order to activate this function. Your tabs and browser history will sync throughout all of your devices as soon as you log in.

3. Auto-Restoring Tabs Following a Failure

There are further methods to automatically restore your tabs following a browser crash, aside from turning on session restore in Microsoft Edge. An extension like Crashpad, for instance, can be used to automatically restore your tabs following a crash. Additionally, you may tell your browser to notify you when you are about to close it while having many tabs open by using a feature called “warn on quit.”