Windows 10: Add or Remove Home Button in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Home Button in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Home Button in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10


Microsoft Edge is a new web browser that is available across the Windows 10 device family. It is designed for Windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern Web.

Microsoft Edge includes a home button that you can add or remove from the toolbar. When you click/tap on the home button, it will take you the site you specify when turned on.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a home button that opens a home page you set in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10.

*Warning Changing your DPI scaling level above 115% in Windows can sometimes cause the home button to no longer show in Microsoft Edge.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Add or Remove Home Button in Microsoft Edge Settings
• Option Two: To Add or Remove Home Button using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Home button in Microsoft Edge









OPTION ONE [/i] To Add or Remove Home Button in Microsoft Edge Settings
1. Open the Microsoft Edge app.

2. Click/tap on the Settings and more (Alt+X) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)



3. Do step 4 (Add - Start page), step 5 (Add - New tab page), step 6 (Add - Specific page), or step 7 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


6. To Show Home Button that Opens with Start Page
A) Click/tap on General on the left side. (see screenshot below)

B) Turn on Show the home button on the right side.

C) Select Start page in the Set your home page drop down menu.





7. To Show Home Button that Opens with New Tab Page
A) Click/tap on General on the left side. (see screenshot below)

B) Turn on Show the home button on the right side.

C) Select New tab page in the Set your home page drop down menu.





8. To Show Home Button that Opens with a Specific Page
A) Click/tap on General on the left side. (see screenshot below)

B) Turn on Show the home button on the right side.

C) Select A specific page in the Set your home page drop down menu.



D) Enter a URL you want, and click/tap on the Save (floppy disc) icon. (see screenshot below)





8. To Remove Home Button
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on General on the left side. (see screenshot below)

B) Turn off Show the home button on the right side.









OPTION TWO [/i] To Add or Remove Home Button using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD values in the registry key below.

Code:

HomeButtonEnabled DWORD

0 = remove
1 = add

HomeButtonPage DWORD

about:start = Start page
about:tabs = New tab page


1. Do step 2 (Add - Start page), step 3 (Add - New tab page), or jump=option2s4]step 4[/jump] (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Show Home Button that Opens with Start Page
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Show_Home_Button_with_Start_page_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg

Download

3. To Show Home Button that Opens with New Tab Page
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Show_Home_Button_with_New_tab_page_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg

Download

4. To Remove Home Button
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Remove_Home_Button_in_Microsoft_Edge.reg

Download
5. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8. If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen Microsoft Edge to apply.

9. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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help for window 10

Hello,

Microsoft Edge How-To

To set home page, Launch Microsoft Edge browser.

• Select More (…) on the address bar, then Settings.
• 
  Under Open with, select A specific page or pages.
  
• 
  Choose one of the default options or select Custom to enter the URL of another page you’d like to see each time you open the browser.
  
• 
  To save, select the plus button.
  

To add to Favorites

Here's how:

• 
  Select the Add to favorites or reading list button in the upper-right corner. (three horizontal lines known as hamburger)
  
• 
  Rename the favorite if you want, and then select Add
  

 

home button in edge

Hi,

I suggest you to try resetting Edge and check if it helps to resolve the issue.
Refer the steps below to reset Edge.

Steps:-

• First of all launch Microsoft Edge Browser.
• After that click on “More action” option which is visible at top right side of the browser and you will see “Settings” option.
• Under “Settings” scroll down and you will see a button “Choose what to clear” under “Clear browsing data” option.
• Once you click on this option you will see list of feature like

• Browsing History
• Cookies and saved website data
• Cached data and file
• Download history
• Form data
• Password.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

I'm glad it could help Bo. *Smile