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After complaining for months to MS to stop Edge from adding websites to my Quick Links bar, it seems to have stopped. Nothing was more frustrating than reading some news pages then having to delete a ton of links from Quick Links. Is this your experience?

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Short summary tied to the thread: correctly noticed that Edge will auto-add frequently visited sites to the New Tab Quick Links, and pinning favored links is a simple way to stop those tiles from being replaced. ’s suggestion to check extensions is also valid — extensions can change new-tab behavior. The problem can come and go with Edge updates, but there are a few reliable ways to control it.

Practical steps and checks:

  • Pin preferred tiles so they cannot be overwritten: open a New Tab, hover a quick-link tile and use the tile menu (three dots) to Pin, Edit, or Remove. Filling the available slots with pinned entries prevents Edge from replacing them with suggestions.
  • Turn Quick Links off entirely: on the New Tab page click the page settings (gear) icon and choose a layout or the Custom options; switch off Quick Links or content suggestions if present. That removes automatic additions.
  • Rule out extensions: open an InPrivate window (extensions are disabled there by default) and see if new tiles still appear. If not, disable suspicious extensions via Settings > Extensions and re-enable them one at a time to find the culprit.
  • Update and sync checks: make sure Edge is up to date (Settings > About Microsoft Edge). If the profile is signed in and syncing across devices, changes on another device can reintroduce tiles — test while signed out or disable sync to verify.

Notes and cautions: editing Edge profile files directly or making profile folders read-only can corrupt the browser profile and is not recommended unless comfortable with backups. If the behavior persists despite the above, gather reproducible steps and use Edge’s Feedback tool so Microsoft can investigate; intermittent behavior often tracks back to a build change or an extension interaction.

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Member Avatar for Dani

Ugh, that's annoying. I use macOS so I haven't had to deal with Edge for quite some time now. Why not use Chrome or Firefox?

Member Avatar for SCBWV

I like Edge. Adding to Quick Links was my only complaint. Edge has some advantages over Chrome, but I'm sure it's largely a personal preference.

Member Avatar for Dani

In that case, I'm glad you got it resolved. Did you do anything in particular to fix it? Perhaps it was a bug that Microsoft Update corrected on its own?

I prefer Chrome because of its developer tools. Also, a lot of the SEO plugins I use are written for Chrome. (A lot of the SEO community lives in the Google ecosystem).

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I doubt I can take credit, but I did quite often pester MS through the Feedback. Yes, I imagine with all your development work, Chrome is quite an advantage. I don't have any need for development beyond posting simple pages.

On another note... I hope you're doing well! Can't help using DaniWeb without thinking about Dani.

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Hey! its their duty to satisfy the users requirements so that the community keeps doing good.

Member Avatar for Dani

Thanks for asking. I could be doing better, but I’m hanging in there. I’ve been able to make it to the computer the last two days without getting a migraine after 10 minutes by lowering the resolution to something practically impossible to work with.

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Ugh, I spoke too soon. It's back to adding links. So frustrating. I can't find where Edge is storing the links to perhaps make it read only. Only workaround I can think of is to populate and pin 8 links I like so there's no room for it to add others.

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Is it possible you have a plugin installed that is doing it on your behalf?

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It's standard Edge behavior. It adds a link to pages you visit frequently. I just filled it with pinned links (DaniWeb first ;) ) so there's no room for it to add more links. If they're not pinned it can shuffle or replace a link with something else it thinks is more relevant. So far pinning seems to work.

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