Microsoft Edge
FreeMicrosoft
- Category
- Browsers
- Version
- 152.0.4191.66
- Size
- ~247 MB
- Licence terms
- Free for personal and business use
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Automatic install supported
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Downloads via this site
This links to Microsoft’s own download source. AfterFormat neither stores nor modifies installer files.
What it is
Microsoft’s Chromium-based browser, already installed on Windows 10 and 11. Because it shares the Chromium engine with Chrome, it runs the same extensions, and it tends to use less memory in Microsoft’s own measurements thanks to sleeping tabs. There is nothing to install after a reformat — it is there from the first boot.
When to pick this
If you want a browser that just works with nothing to install, or if memory is tight. If you want your existing Chrome sync data, install Chrome.
Details
Sleeping tabs
Tabs you have not touched for a while release their memory and wake when you return. It shows on machines with limited RAM.
Chrome extensions
You can install directly from the Chrome Web Store; nearly everything works.
Already installed
It ships with Windows, so you only reinstall it if you removed it deliberately.
Distribution
- winget ID
- Microsoft.Edge
- Redistribution policy
- Official source link only
- Last checked
- 2026-09-09
- Official site
- https://www.microsoft.com/edge
