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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 wi...
Try this.
1. Go to the top of Edge browser and locate your Profile button.
2. Click on the gear icon at the top right hand corner titled "Manage Profile Settings"
3. When your profile window opens look for "Personal"
4. Go to the right of "Personal" and select "Sign Out"
5. A small pop-up window will appear asking you "Are you sure you want to sign out?"
6. Make sure before you click 'Yes" that the "Clear favorites, passwords, history..." is unchecked.
Also sign out of your Microsoft account because if you don't, the synchronization will prevent this procedure from working and the "start to collect" will still be there.
Close out your edge browser and restart your computer. Click on the Collections button on the top of the browser. If all goes well, the "Start to collect" entries will be gone.
If you want to synchronize to all your devices, you're going to have to to reverse the process I outlined. I would only do this just to update my collections on other devices and then repeat the process to disable the start to collect feature.
My experience so far, is that the start to collect feature has not returned. It's day two for me and so far so good.
Good luck.
With all due respect, this is not a valid solution. It removes all the other benefits of a synced Microsoft account (open tabs, extensions, passwords, etc.) just to get rid of the garbage that Microsoft stuffed into the Collections feature. IMHO, we should just keep giving feedback directly to Microsoft (via the feedback feature in the browser) and use something else instead of Collections (Pocket is one example that can be used with all browsers). It's a shame because Collections was a really neat feature, but they really f'd it up for their personal customers.
I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but if you have an enterprise account with Microsoft (i.e., Office 365 and Azure AD), the Collections feature behaves as it always had: the fly out window and no "Start to Collect" nonsense. Presumably, this is a way of monetizing Bing which they don't need to do as much with their enterprise customers since we're already paying for the service. I'd gladly pay them a small annual sum to make all this garbage go away, but I doubt we'll ever have that option.
I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but if you have an enterprise account with Microsoft (i.e., Office 365 and Azure AD), the Collections feature behaves as it always had: the fly out window and no "Start to Collect" nonsense. Presumably, this is a way of monetizing Bing which they don't need to do as much with their enterprise customers since we're already paying for the service. I'd gladly pay them a small annual sum to make all this garbage go away, but I doubt we'll ever have that option.
- Richard_Bottiglieri I agree that it is not THE ultimate solution but it can be for those of us who do not have a business with the money to dish out to Microsoft every time it chooses to incorporate a bad feature without giving its users the option of disabling it. That also is no solution either.
