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Your Microsoft Edge browser is acting
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up. It's slow. It's glitchy. Tabs
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freeze. Pages crash. You've tried
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clearing cookies. You've restarted your
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computer. Nothing works. And here's the
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part nobody tells you. Sometimes the
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only fix that actually works is starting
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fresh. Completely fresh.
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That means resetting Edge not halfway,
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not kind of, but a full reset that
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clears out every hidden bug, corrupted
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file, or sneaky extension causing chaos
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behind the scenes. So, how do you do
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that? Here's the full two-part process
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to reset Microsoft Edge the right way on
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any Windows device. Doesn't matter if
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you're using Windows 10 or 11. You're
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about to learn the cleanest fix
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possible, and yes, it works. Start by
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opening Microsoft Edge. In the top right
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corner, look for three small dots.
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That's the menu. Click it. Now, scroll
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down and choose settings.
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On the left hand side, you'll see an
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option called reset settings. Click
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that. Next, select restore settings to
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their default values. Confirm by
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clicking reset again. This is the soft
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reset. But to truly wipe everything,
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extensions, user profiles, local data,
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there's one more step, and this part
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matters more than you think. So go ahead
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and close Edge completely. Now press the
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Windows key plus R on your keyboard. A
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small run window will pop up. In the
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box, type exactly this percent local app
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data percent. Then press okay. This
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opens a system folder that stores app
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data for your Windows user account.
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You're now looking at a list of folders.
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All we need is to scroll down and find
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the Microsoft folder. Once you found it,
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open the Microsoft folder. Then scroll
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down and look for a folder called Edge.
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Found it. Good. Now rightclick that Edge
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folder and delete the folder. Or press
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shift plus delete if you want to go
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faster. When Windows asks if you're
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sure, click yes. This permanently
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deletes all remaining files that Edge
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saved locally, including the stuff that
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wasn't cleared with the first reset. Now
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give your computer a moment and then
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open Microsoft Edge again. You'll notice
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it feels brand new. That's because it
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is. All your personal settings are gone.
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And if you had issues before, crashing,
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freezing, strange behavior, there's a
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high chance it's already solved. But
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maybe you're asking the real question.
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Why does Edge even get messed up like
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this in the first place? Fair question.
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The short answer, layers. Every time you
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use Edge, it stores your preferences,
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your site history, your extensions, and
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temporary files behind the scenes. Over
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time, those layers pile up, and
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sometimes things go wrong. Maybe it's a
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buggy extension you installed months ago
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and forgot about. Maybe a recent Windows
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update conflicted with your browser
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settings. Or maybe a corrupted cache
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file is causing tabs to crash every 5
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minutes. Whatever the cause, those
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problems don't always show up clearly.
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You won't see an error message that
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explains it. All you know is something's
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off. And that's where this reset comes
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in. It cuts through all the clutter and
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gives you a clean slate. You can start
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fresh, update your browser if needed,
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read your favorite extensions, this time
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only the ones you actually use and get
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back to smooth, stable browsing. So to
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recap, two steps. First, reset from
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within Edg's settings menu. Second, dig
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into your system files and wipe the
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leftover data. Once you've done both,
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Microsoft Edge becomes exactly what it
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was meant to be, fast, clean, and
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reliable. Still having issues even after
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a full reset? Then the problem may not
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be Edge at all. It could be Windows
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system corruption or deeper network
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issues. But for nine out of 10 people,
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this reset solves it. And now you know
