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Edge Collections - Star To Collect - bad idea not to include a remove option
I noticed in the newer versions of edge collections "Start to collect" - After searching I've found this to be a very bad addition to collections. Collections actually got me away from pocket but with this "Start to collect" I am wanting to go back to pocket.
I submitted feedback but am hoping MSFT is reading these as Edge is a great browser - the collection option is great - especially when my favorites are full/unorganize I use collections for my "focus on" options.
- Just updated Edge to version 118.0.2088.76 and, lo and behold: the Start to Collect suggestions are gone! This has happened to me before, but it didn’t last long. That’s why I’m almost sure this is a glitch or a server problem on Microsoft’s end. I will monitor this the next few days.
Should this indeed be the long-desired change, I will be overjoyed. We do not need random pictures displayed as potential collections. @ sid9-3 - your solution to remove Bing cookies worked! Thank you!
- Didn't work for me. Only thing that works for me is not synchronise. I just Synchronise once a week just to update the other devices.
- This is one of the most annoying changes in Edge. I'm astounded that there is *still* no way to disable this spammy crap.
This Start to Collect thing is just awful.
Collections is a really useful feature now bloated out with god awful thing. Who at Microsoft thought this was a good idea?- I see that Microsoft is up to the same tricks with Windows 11 Widgets. Making them unusable by pushing adverts at people, according to a recent article.
Microsoft constantly annoys its loyal user base by ruining features. It ruined Collections as well (reported on another thread). And Outlook has been made more annoying too. Can't bring myself to describe it here. Off topic anyway. - Yes I totally agree! I am so annoyed about this. I wrote to them too. They talk about caring about privacy and then do this! Perhaps take group legal action if they don't give the option to remove it. I am sure it is braking some law against privacy!!
Cody Arnould Since I signed out of my MS account, I have no longer had to deal with "Start to collect" for over a month. Granted that my devices Edge browsers are not synchronized, but I don't need them to be. I did send MS an email saying that I would no longer sign to my Edge browser to my MS account because of "Start to collect". I'm hoping that this will have more punch than simply telling them to give me an option to disable it. But will see, won't we?
- I gave up a while ago and just switched over to Pocket for saving and tagging items. I moved every item in my collections out to Pocket. They have a nice browser extension, and since it's a Mozilla product, they won't inundate you with irrelevant ads or other GUI nonsense. Best of all, it's portable and can be used in any browser.
Because this annoyance has riled me for some time now, I recently switched to Chrome. Nevertheless, I do open Edge every once in a while to see whether Microsoft has finally ditched this unwanted feature. Alas, nothing has happened so far. A few days ago, I then decided to reset Edge and start anew. To my surprise, I have run into two new frustrating issues:
- Every time I open Edge, a privacy settings statement with prompt opens, which I have to confirm. I have not been able to find a way to stop this. This is incredibly annoying!
- Nine unwanted Direct links are displayed on the start page. Even If I remove each one individually, they reappear every time I restart Edge. This is similar to the Start to Collect disaster. Microsoft is shoving things down my throat that I simply don’t want.
I feel like I’m in a bad movie. Does anybody have a solution to at least my last two problems?
- Now add to it - the constant interruption and delay, EVERY TIME I OPEN THE COLLECTIONS TAB, to tell me "Your collections have been updated!" - when I haven't added anything. I do not need to be told that they's just shoved more unwanted spam at me.
Turns out, like most other browsers, that Edge was too good to be true... at first.Chris-Edge well said. I get that message every 1 or 2 updates too. Still hoping forlornly that MS will pay attention. Their silence is deafening.
Just adding my vile hatred for this "feature". Hey Microsoft, are you trying to annoy people?!?! I assume there was a meeting one day where someone said: "The collections feature is well-received and a useful tool, now, how can we ruin it?"
Forcing users to see a list of useless, and often inappropriate, nonsense while simultaneously slowing down the interface is just amazingly tone deaf. I'm sure no one asked for this, but you are likely getting some financial compensation for forcing this spam on users. You really need to reverse this "update". At the very least, give us the option to disable this blatant spam feed.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE CHANGE TO WHAT WAS A GREAT TOOL!
- 100% agree, as I´ve said since day 1. Does anyone with influence in Microsoft ever get to see the feedback in this community? Doesn´t look like it!
- Hey Microsoft - *please* give the option to hide/show 'Start to Collect'. It's incredibly annoying to see it 'peeping' up at the bottom of my collections with unwanted c**p. It's been months now since you foisted it on us!
Microsoft apparently does not listen to its customers, i.e., take customer feedback seriously. Nobody wants Start to Collect in Edge except for the person responsible for shoving it down our throats. We don't need an option to disable it; we don't need it all! I've gone back to Chrome.
- I hear you. I get that people use Edge in various ways, and they use different parts of it. I don't see any harm in having an on/off toggle like they do for lots of other features. Better to do that, than to alienate swathes of users.
