If you often have to open links from another application, you can specify the default profile that the Microsoft Edge browser should use to open external links. Microsoft Edge offers this functionality to modify the profile according to the user’s needs.
Suppose you often get links to websites by email and 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 come to life after clicking on the link.
Like Google Chrome and Firefox, it is also possible to create several profiles on Edge. If you have created multiple profiles in the Microsoft Edge browser, you will see the last profile used after clicking on the link. However, if you don’t want to use the last used profile and instead you want to use a specific profile to open all external links, here’s how it can be done.
Specify the 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-dot button.
- Select the Settings in the list.
- Click it Multiple profile preferences button.
- Develop Default profile for external links scrolling menu.
- Select the desired profile from the list.
At first, you need to open the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer and click on the three-dot button visible in the upper right corner.
Here you can find an option called Settings, and you have to click this button. Now make sure you are in the Profiles tongue. If yes, you should see an option called Manage profile preferences.
After clicking on this option, you can see a drop down list named Default profile for external links.
You must expand the drop-down menu and select a profile that you want to use to open all external links.
Whichever profile you use to change this setting, you will find all of the profiles previously created in this drop-down list.
In addition, you must ensure that the Automatic profile change is activated. This feature helps users to switch from the current profile to another profile automatically after clicking on the link and before opening the browser window.
That’s all! I hope it helps.
