Microsoft Edge Zoom Settings - Edge Zoom Only One Tab, Zoom All Websites, Magnify Image Method

Here are the amazing zoom options in Microsoft Edge. → Watch Video Tutorial.

Benefit of Zoom in and Zoom out

Zoom-in enlarges the elements of page and zoom out makes a page smaller. Both options are helpful in certain situations.

For example, you want to take screenshot of a large image on a web page (such as AliExpress) through Snip & Sketch tool but the image on the webpage is too large and does not show whole image on your screen, then you will use zoom-out option in browser (Watch Video Demo) and image will come inside borders of your screenshot. Sometimes, zoom-out helps us to view a lot of page information without frequently scrolling down.

Similarly, Zoom-in helps us in certain situations. For example, you are filling out a web form but the placeholder or other text or an entry in the form is not easily readable, then you can zoom-in that website in its respective tab. Sometimes, zoom-in option becomes helpful to read text in infographics or some finer detail of an image.

How to Change Default Zoom Level for All Websites in Edge?

To set or change default zoom levels applicable to all websites, you can access settings below.

Navigation Path: Click Ellipsis or three dots … on top right of browser window to access ‘Settings and More’ (or press Alt+F) → Settings → Appearance → Customize appearance → Zoom.

To Access the settings in Microsoft Edge mobile browser, click ‘three dots’ (…) on bottom of phone screen, Settings → Accessibility → select the checkbox next to ‘Zoom on all websites’ option.

Default page zoom is 100% but you can reduce or increase it. It applies to all websites and tabs.

How to Change Zoom Level for a Single Tab in Edge?

You can also temporarily change zoom level for a single website which only applies to that tab. It will not apply to other tabs opened in a window.

To quickly access settings for this tab-specific zoom option, click on the three dots on top right corner of browser window and you will see here the options of zoom which appear with + and – symbols next to current number of zoom level. To increase the zoom level for the specific tab, just click on plus button or click on minus symbol to reduce zoom level.

You can also see here the symbol of double-arrow and if you click it, you will enter in full screen window, which means that bowser toolbar and taskbar will be hidden, and you will get even a wider area to view your desired webpage. To disable full screen, you can move mouse toward upward border of screen. You can also use F11 button on your keyboard to enter or exit full screen mode.

How to Quickly Increase or Decrease Size of a Webpage through Mouse?

You can fast enlarge (Zoom-in) or reduce (Zoom-out) the size of text and other elements on a webpage in Edge browser. It means you can easily magnify, expand or maximize any page of a website.

Press Ctrl key on the keyboard of your computer and scroll forward the mouse-wheel of the mouse, to increase the size of a webpage.

Similarly, press Ctrl key on the keyboard of your computer and scroll backward the mouse-wheel of the mouse, to decrease the size of a webpage.

Zoom feature in Microsoft Edge will be automatically activated and current zoom level will also be visible on top of page.

How to Permanently Set Zoom Levels for Specific Websites in Edge Browser?

When you visit a certain website and change zoom level for that website, by clicking three dots in that tab, the Edge browser saves your preference for that specific website. Next time, when you visit that website, Edge will display content for that website in your previously set zoom level. If you have opened some pages from that website, Edge will also automatically set the same zoom level for all those tabs.

For example, if I zoom-in (say 125%) any webpage on Wikipedia website, Edge will continue showing me content from Wikipedia in zoom level 125% in future unless I manually reset it.

To see list of websites, for which you have set a specific zoom level, paste (edge://settings/content/zoomLevels) in address bar of Edge browser and press Enter.

You can also access the settings through step-by-step navigation below.

Click Ellipsis or three dots … on top right of browser window to access ‘Settings and More’ (or press Alt+F) → Settings → cookies and site permissions → All permissions → Zoom levels.

Here you will see all websites having your preferred zoom levels. You can click X next to a website, to reset the zoom level to default. After you reset, Edge will show content for that website normally (100% zoom) as it does for all other websites.

If you change zoom level to default (100%) for that website, by accessing through three dots and using plus and minus buttons of zoom, then that website will be automatically removed from the list of zoom levels.

Zoom in Website Images through Magnify

In April 2024, Microsoft Edge introduced some new cool features. One of them is Magnify Image. Now you need not open a website image in a new tab.

Simply, right-click over an image and select Magnify Image, and Edge browser will display it for you in large size.

For example, I tested this feature by enlarging the cover photo of a Facebook page and it worked well.

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