Microsoft Edge: Vertical tabs only show and determine the icons

On: March 21, 2021

Microsoft Edge arranged the tabs on the left and hit the right nerve with some. This function is now included in all versions of the Edge.

The width of the vertical tab bar can be adjusted (up to the moment on the stable) and also reduced to a minimum. But not in such a way that only the icons of the websites are displayed when you move the mouse over the tab bar. But the Edge team has now changed that too.

Only show and pin the icons in the vertical tab bar

If you only want to see the icons and that the tab bar does not extend when you mouseover, then you proceed as follows:

  • Move the mouse pointer to the right edge of the tab bar until you can see the double arrow.
  • Hold down the left mouse button and then press the Caps Lock key.
  • Now you only see the icons and the bar is firmly pinned.

If you want to undo it, move the mouse back to the right-hand edge, press the left mouse button, and set the tab bar back to the way you want it. The title bar can also be hidden by using the vertical tabs.

For the test, I first had to activate the Caps Lock key. Why the Edge team just took the caps to lock key for this is a mystery to me. But well, should she get something to do? The function is currently available in Canary and Dev. Later also in the beta and stable.

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Step 1: Uninstall Microsoft Edge Using PowerShell Or The Command Prompt

  • The easiest way is through PowerShell. And that is how it works:
  • In File Explorer, navigate to the path C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft \ Edge \ Application.
  • Select the current version number here. In the example, open 83.0.478.58 and then the Installer folder
  • The setup.exe is located in this folder
  • Now open the File -> PowerShell -> PowerShell (administrator) tab
  • Enter cmd and press Enter
  • Now enter the command and press Enter:

setup.exe --uninstall --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall

You can also use the command prompt. Here you just have to navigate to the path in the cmd.exe and then enter the command.

Now you may be asked to restart and then Microsoft Edge is uninstalled. The command itself was suitable for the preview versions, but also works brilliantly and without problems with the Edge Canary installed by Microsoft itself.

Step 2: Uninstall Microsoft Edge With A Script

We have now tried out whether it is possible to write a bat file with these commands. But it failed because: "The cmd window always closes when it is executed before it reaches the" FOR "command, which the Edge Setup should find automatically"

But it still works like this:

  • Enter the command prompt in the button bar and start as administrator (important!)
  • Copy this content into it and press Enter:

cd% temp% set "programf =% programfiles%" if% PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% == AMD64 set "programf =% programfiles (x86)%" dir / b "% programf% \ Microsoft \ Edge \ Application" | SORT / R> list.txt FOR / F "usebackq delims =="% i IN (list.txt) DO start / WAIT / MIN cmd / c "% programf% \ Microsoft \ Edge \ Application \% i \ Installer \ setup.exe" --uninstall - -system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall del list.txt cd% temp% dir / b "% HOMEDRIVE% \ Users"> list.txt FOR / F "usebackq delims =="% i IN (list.txt) DO rd / q / s "% HOMEDRIVE% \ Users \% i \ AppData \ Local \ Microsoft \ Edge \"del list.txt

The second section in the script requests whether the browser data should also be deleted.

You can only execute the first set of commands, both at the same time, or only start the second set of commands separately if you only want to have the browser data deleted.

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