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Microsoft is recommending Edge through Windows 10 Search

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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As with theWindows 10version 2004,Microsoftis retiring the old Edge in preference for an improved Chromium-based version.

That calls for a new marketing campaign and it apparently starts with a kind recommendation from Microsoft.

Try the new browser recommended by Microsoft

If you updated to the newWindows 10 version 2004,and you try to use the Windows Search function, you will see a line in the Recommended section below sayingTry the newbrowserrecommended by Microsoft.

That only appears if you already downloaded thebrowser. If you didn’t, you will see aGet the new Microsoft Edgemessage and a download link for it.

Fortunately, it’s very easy to get rid of the recommendation simply by clicking on the X from the Recommended section.

Apparently, the Edge recommendation also appears if you try to search for abrowserlike Chrome, Opera, or Firefox.

Unfortunately, you can’t get rid of these recommendations but we have to agree that they are not so invasive. After all, not only Microsoft is trying to advertise itsbrowser.

If you’re using the Google services in Microsoft Edge, you will probably get a pop-up advert with Chrome recommendation for abrowser.

Moreover, the Microsoft recommendation is somehow welcome as Windows 10 version 2004, also known as the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, no longer supports the legacy version of Microsoft Edge.

Also, Microsoft Edge grew up significantly in the last years and it slowly starting to close the gap to Google Chrome.

Leave us your thoughts about this recommendation in the comments section below.

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Claudiu Andone

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.

His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.

With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!

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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft