If you often need to open links from another app, you can specify the default profile that the Microsoft Edge browser should use to open external links. Microsoft Edge offers this functionality to change the profile as per the user’s requirement.
Let’s assume that you often get website links via email and you open them all the time. If you are using the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer and it is set as default, you will see the Edge browser jump to life after clicking the link.
Like Google Chrome and Firefox, it is also possible to create multiple profiles on Edge. If you created more than one profile in the Microsoft Edge browser, you will see the last used profile after clicking the link. However, if you do not want to use the last used profile and instead, you want to use a specific profile to open all the external links, here is how it can be done.
Specify Default profile to open external links in Edge
To specify the default profile that the Microsoft Edge browser should use to open external links, follow these steps-
- Open the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer.
- Click the three-dotted button.
- Select the Settings button from the list.
- Click the Multiple profile preferences button.
- Expand Default profile for external links drop-down menu.
- Select the desired profile from the list.
At first, you need to open the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer and click the three-dotted button that is visible on the top-right corner.
Here you can find an option called Settings, and you need to click on this button. Now, make sure that you are in the Profiles tab. If so, you should see an option called Manage profile preferences.
After clicking this option, you can see a drop-down list named Default profile for external links.
You need to expand the drop-down menu and select a profile that you want to use to open all the external links.
No matter which profile you use to change this setting, you will find all the previously created profiles in this drop-down list.
Also, you should ensure that the Automatic profile switching option is turned on. This functionality helps users to switch from the current profile to another profile automatically after clicking the link and before opening the browser window.
That’s all! I hope it helps.
