Open Favorites Bar in Microsoft Edge - Fast Method

Here is the fastest method to open Favorites (bookmarks) in Microsoft Edge.

Start by clicking three dots in Edge browser. Click ‘Favorites’ page. Select three dots in pop-up panel. Click ‘Open favorites page’ and Copy URL (edge://favorites/) from the address bar. Now open Edge Settings → then Appearance.

Turn On the toggle next to ‘Home button’ option and click on ‘Set button URL’ option. In the ‘Enter URL’ field, paste the copied URL (edge://favorites/).

Open Favorites Bar in Microsoft Edge - Fast Method

Now you can click on ‘Home’ button, left to address bar and quickly access the Favorites or bookmarks page. Here, I right-click (or double click) any website link to open it in new tab of browser.

Pro Tip: Through this method you can also link any specific Favorites folder too. So that, browser will only open a specific folder of bookmarks whenever you click on Home icon.

Here are some more methods to access favorites or bookmarks in browser toolbar.

  • Press Ctrl+Shift+O keys on my keyboard to quickly open the ‘Favorites Button’ options.

  • Click three dots … on top right corner of screen in Edge browser → Favorites → On the Favorites panel, again click three dots, select ‘Show favorites bar’ and choose any option to show Favorites bar either Always, Never or Only on new tabs. Here you can also open Favorites or Bookmarks page.

  • After hiding ‘Favorites Bar’ from main window, you can still access your saved bookmarks by clicking ‘Favorites Button’ in toolbar. To show or hide the button from toolbar: select Settings → Appearance → Favorites button.

Pro Tip: In the Bookmarks Bar, you can right-click any folder to open all links at once in a window

Usually, I keep the bar hidden and show it temporarily, so that I have additional space on my screen.

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