Web browsers love to hide their best settings in layers of menus, and Microsoft Edge is no exception. That’s not the worst part, because it’s actually a pretty great browser out of the box, but there’s definitely room for improvement. (For one thing, the default settings force you to use Bing searches, which is a crime.)
How to make Microsoft Edge better
To save you time navigating through menus and submenus, here are eight quick tweaks that will significantly improve your Microsoft Edge experience.
Bing isn’t the best search engine for everyone (anyone?), but unfortunately it’s the default option on Edge. If you want to switch to Google or DuckDuckGo, here are the steps.
Next, click the dropdown menu next to Search on new tabs uses the search box or address bar and select Address Bar. This will also change the search engine on the new tab page to the search engine of your choice.
