Microsoft Edge Overriding Tabs In Use

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Microsoft Edge Overriding Tabs In Use

Frankie 5

Hello! Deeply frustrating issue. My work computer uses Microsoft Edge, which I do not enjoy for one glaring reason. Whenever I open a new tab, and type into the url bar to open a site, or search for a phrase, it will take time to load due to my work internet. I will return to my other tab in use, filling out data, and...gone. Tab A, opened to whatever site I was using, has been overridden with whatever search results I entered into tab B. What is the use of this feature and how can I get rid of it?

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Kimberly Olaño 23,395

Hi Frankie, this is Kimberly, an independent advisor. I'm glad to assist you today.

What you’re seeing is not a feature, it's likely a bug or misconfiguration.

A rogue extension might be intercepting input or tabs.

Go to edge://extensions

Disable all extensions temporarily

Restart Edge and see if the problem persists

If it stops, re-enable one by one to find the culprit

If none of the extensions are affecting it, disable Tab Grouping or Sleeping.

Go to edge://settings/system

Disable:

"Save resources with sleeping tabs"

Then go to edge://flags

Search for "Tab groups", "Tab hover cards", or anything with "tab override"

Set them to "Disabled"

Should you have more questions, please let me know.

Best regards,

Kimberly

Frankie 5 Reputation points

2025-08-12T01:36:42.4333333+00:00

Hi Kimberly,

Thank you for this, it's stopped overriding my tabs!

Unfortunately, one half of the issue still remains. If I search for something in the URL bar of a particular tab, I have to keep the tab OPEN to load the search. If I open another tab while it loads, I am no longer being overridden, however the original tab simply states "BLANK refused to load" without automatically redirecting to the search page.

If you have any help for this let me know, otherwise has been helpful!!

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