MS Edge Workspaces Favorites Bar is not showing Favorites for individual workspaces

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MS Edge Workspaces Favorites Bar is not showing Favorites for individual workspaces

randle 165

I've got workspaces set up for different projects as well as personal use in Microsoft Edge. On each workspace there was an individual favorites bar at the top. This has been working fine until yesterday. Now there is only a generic favorites bar. Now when I add something to the favorites bar it appears the same across all workspaces. I can still see the bookmarks for the workspace favourite bar now as a drop down menu on the side. None of the right click options make this visible. When I create a new workspace it has the same universal bar. Does anyone know how to fix this so I have a different favorites bar on each workspace? Using on Windows 11 - MS Edge Version 127.0.2651.105 (Official build) (64-bit)

I installed the latest Dev Build and I can see the favorites bar working correctly on the Dev Build the first time it opens (this is the same with Canary). I logged out of the standard MS Edge and closed it. Then I tried doing a reset of the server data from the Dev Build given it was showing correctly. However, as soon as I closed the Dev Build and reopened it, it exhibited this same behaviour as the problem described above - a universal favorites bar rather than a workspace specific one.

I then logged in again on the normal build. It didn't change things once I ran the sync. I've also tried repairing the normal build and so I'm stuck. Please help!

Jinxin Wang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co Ltd) 2,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-08-23T08:01:16.84+00:00

Hi @Randle Bond,

I read your description. But I don't quite understand what you are mainly talking about, "On each workspace there was an individual favorites bar at the top" Do you mean that clicking the "Favorites" icon in the upper right corner of Edge cannot expand the contents of each workspace favorites? Because I tested the Favorites feature on Edge Stable and Edge Dev respectively. When I clicked the "Favorites" icon, I could display the "Favorite Bar", "Other favorites" and two other "workspaces". When I expanded the favorites from the workspace named "kobe", all of them could be expanded, but when I expanded from the workspace named "study", the "kobe" workspace could not be expanded. As shown in the figure below: So, I would like to know if this is also the issue you are describing? If it is convenient for you, please provide relevant screenshots to me (please cover up privacy information).

Best Regards,

Jinxin Wang
randle 165 Reputation points

2024-08-23T08:57:50.4866667+00:00

Hi, you can see a printables favourite on my bar in the browser window and then you can see a menu called tech I've clicked on. The menu called Tech used to be my favourites bar in the tech workspace. For some reason this changed and I get a universal favourites bar instead. If I hide or remove this favourites bar then the whole bar disappears.

If I remove the printables favorite this you can see it thinks this is a workspace bar, but it isn't functioning this way. It adds favorites here to all the workspaces.

You can see the list when I click manage favourites here

Does this make more sense?

This is what it used to look like. See how the favorites for Tech are spread across the favorites bar. Contrast with the top picture.
randle 165 Reputation points

2024-08-23T09:06:01.32+00:00

see update to the post above.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2024-11-09T23:32:25.64+00:00

It's the old ensh***ification problem. Workspaces was so good with logically different favourites in each workspace, but now the decay begins.
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2024-11-11T15:47:07.6533333+00:00

People complained it was hard to share bookmarks between workspaces. Guess this is the result.
I totally agree the previous behavior was better for my use of workspaces. It just added extra clicks and mouse move when working in a workspace, and there is no known method to switch between experiences. Guess it's back to using multiple profiles and stop using workspaces altogether.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2024-11-11T18:27:37.44+00:00

I hadn't realised that was an option. Thanks. I can ditch workspaces until they come back to their senses.
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2024-11-11T18:43:38.9466667+00:00

I was using profiles before, and workspaces became much more convenient because extensions (e.g. password manager) were shared, and all tabs/browser state were synced on a single M365 account across all my workstations. Now back to square 1. Guess I'll look for another browser altogether.
RE Hunter 20 Reputation points

2024-11-15T19:09:50.35+00:00

Do you create an email alias to link the profile to?
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2024-11-17T18:37:22.4566667+00:00

Nah I doubt it would sync properly without overwriting anything with aliases to the same o365 accounts. Didn't try, hardly see it working. Even if it did, I don't see that being knowingly supported and it could break at anytime.
Furlani, Nicole 0 Reputation points

2024-11-20T14:26:35.3333333+00:00

This has been driving me crazy too. They should have at least just made it an option if I want to use the universal bar or not.
Oliver_R 10 Reputation points

2024-12-04T04:54:46.4633333+00:00

@jinxing wang Would you be able to submit the feedback from this thread to the Edge team for consideration?
Gerid Adams 5 Reputation points

2025-01-19T13:16:14.1033333+00:00

Why would you take away a feature that made workspaces so useful? Ugh...
Mark A-G 16 Reputation points

2025-01-19T21:45:33.91+00:00

I'd be happy if they just allowed you to pin the different folders in each of the workspaces to restore previous functionality. I provided feedback via the browser feedback feature but no responses.
Rayarthur Wild 5 Reputation points

2025-01-21T15:12:22.63+00:00

I have this 21st of January 2025 on my Microsoft organisational account following successful use of workspace for disability access for several months. Workspaces were proving to be a rare useful and accessible innovation in edge browser. Because I have a high level of visual distortion and stress it was extremely helpful to be able to see favourites related to specific tasks. Now I am once again flooded with information I cannot parse visually. Very disappointing. About 2 to 3 times a week now I have to reset systems for accessibility functionality with rapid updates often of questionable use.
Mamamia Ma 15 Reputation points

2025-01-22T00:56:45.8733333+00:00

The workspace specific favorite bar was a very good feature until this is changed.

The previous behavior which display the whole workspace favorite on the workspace windows was much effective because whenever I'm working on the specific workspace. I only want to focus the favorites that I have collected for that workspace.

The Non-workspace favorite now takes up the whole bar instead makes the workspace windows favorite much less effective.

Can the behavior be reverted? Or maybe provide an option knob to allow user to decide.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-02-12T10:51:53.3466667+00:00

This is the solution.

Type edge://flags on Edge address bar

Search for "Show Workspace Favorites in Favorites Bar" > Set to Enabled

Restart Edge
Dark Ͷet 55 Reputation points

2025-03-22T16:16:16.3133333+00:00

edge://flags/ "Show Workspace Favorites in Favorites Bar " no longer works with the latest updates it crashes when clicking on the folders
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2025-03-29T23:43:43.58+00:00

I confirm. The flag works in displaying the favorites, opening a bookmark will work but clicking a folder display its content will crash Edge. We can right-click on a folder to "open all" and it works though.
Juraj Bober 5 Reputation points

2025-06-03T13:45:36.7166667+00:00

"fix" with flags still doesn´t work with folders - leading to crash

it was instant change of flags for me when they introduced this "feature" for my release. Unfortunately, folders still doesn´t work, 3 months later, even after submitting ticket with acknowledgment from MS

please, repair that, i can´t even see it as known issue
Gellerich, Bent 0 Reputation points

2025-06-03T20:21:08.84+00:00

I don't understand why this is not a priority item to fix. This used to work fine and has now been a problem for months! I'm forced to go back to Google Chrome with extensions I'm afraid...
Juraj Bober 5 Reputation points

2025-09-05T13:29:08.9933333+00:00

I am so disappointed by this new "feature". Workspaces are now just useless. Why would I create them now ? I could just create normal favorite folder for my dedicated favorites if I would want this and then doesn't have to worry about anything like opening new windows. We want this separated, always visible, not from a drop down. In fact, I am so disappointed I wanted to create extension for this, but two problems - 1. Edge doesn't provide API for telling me which workspace is opened (partinionally solvable by comparing opened tabs with favorites in workspaces) 2. It would need to be side panel, you can't modify top bar of edge

Answer accepted by question author

Jinxin Wang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co Ltd) 2,205 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @SimplifiedLife,

I read your reply and thank you for your reply. This feature has been changed due to a recent update. Workspaces now display a user's full set of favorites in the Favorites Bar, with a dedicated workspace folder accessible from the bar. For more detailed information, you can refer to the link. You can also refer to the following image.

Since this is a new feature, it cannot be disabled. You can refer to the link to submit the workspace feedback. Thank you for your understanding.

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俊祥龚 55 Reputation points

2024-08-23T10:32:12.2566667+00:00

I also need to get the workspace favorites bar back to the way it was before, with a separate favorites bar for each workspace.

This look is making the workspace less efficient

How do I need to give feedback on this requirement?
randle 165 Reputation points

2024-08-23T13:38:42.32+00:00

I'm really surprised they would change this feature of having custom favourites bars for workspaces. It was one of the key selling points for me as it showed me to be task focused with the right websites for a project a click away. I would have left the generic favourites in a menu instead. Or showed the favourites bar to be split...
Ricardo Diaz 45 Reputation points

2024-09-04T15:28:04.67+00:00

I feel the same. This was a great way to organize favourites. The way it is now adds an extra click.
Li Ting Wong 30 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-09-05T05:43:11.43+00:00

Is there a way to turned on the feature explicitly? I prefer the new look but only get that on one of my edge browsers. And I use multiple desktops.
Sanny 30 Reputation points

2024-10-30T08:32:06.7333333+00:00

Having all my favourites in the same taskbar just leads to procrastination. I just commited to the switch from chrome, only for the workspace as it was. Guess i go back to my old workflow with several chrome extensions :(
Jonathan Wong 25 Reputation points

2024-10-30T22:12:55.25+00:00

I much prefer it the way it was before. The advantage of workspaces for me was having a custom Favourites Bar for each workspace; now this is gone!

Please at least add a setting to revert the old behaviour.
Simon Young 25 Reputation points

2024-11-02T08:04:29.68+00:00

A specific favourites bar per workspace was so efficient, so this change is a regression from my perspective. Yes, the workspace favourites are still there on the far left of the favourites bar, but I could already do that without workspaces. I loved the optimised "workspace' experience as it was previously.
RE Hunter 20 Reputation points

2024-11-03T11:07:53.41+00:00

Fix this stupid change.
Ken 50 Reputation points

2024-11-04T03:14:52.56+00:00
Please at least allow us to configure and choose one of the following displays:

Show workspace favorites on the main bar, and full favorites on a folder menu

Show full favorites on the main bar, and workspace favorites on a folder menu
Ken 50 Reputation points

2024-11-04T03:20:29.8133333+00:00
To solve this once and for all, please allow us to choose between the following displays:

Show workspace favorites on the main bar and universal favorites on a folder menu.

Show universal favorites on the main bar and workspace favorites on a folder menu.

Otherwise you cannot satisfy all users and will have to revert to old behaviour and revert again then to new behaviour back and forth.
Antonette Page 15 Reputation points

2024-11-06T11:49:06.0733333+00:00

My browser recently received the change and my flabbers were gasted. I spent over an hour searching out settings to revert back to the old favourites bar but had no luck. I also wish for this to be a toggle feature.
Kellee Rosales 20 Reputation points

2024-11-06T23:35:07.3566667+00:00

What is the point of having different workspaces?? I also need to get the workspace favorites bar back to the way it was before, with a separate favorites bar for each workspace. Having them show up universally across all workspaces defeat the purpose of individual workspaces! Where is the feedback button???
Kellee Rosales 20 Reputation points

2024-11-06T23:37:58.2466667+00:00

Ohhhh my gosh yeaahhhhhh it fixed for you??!!! also need to get the workspace favorites bar back to the way it was before, with a separate favorites bar for each workspace! Is this where you fixed the problem? If so it's not working for me =( Did you restart your computer? Close all tabs? or just toggle on/off?
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2024-11-09T23:30:27.56+00:00

The favourites temporarily came back but when I rebooted today it was back to the single folder again. I thought it was an edge update but apparently not.
Steve Lubetkin 0 Reputation points

2024-11-16T13:10:21.7366667+00:00

Don't understand why they made this change. All it does is clutter up the favorites bar. My solution was to create a new folder in the favorites bar called "Favorites (ALL)" and drag all the random favorites into that folder. Now I just have two items on the favorites bar, the workspace favorites drop-down, and the Favorites (ALL) folder. Much cleaner look, even though it now takes an additional mouse-click to access the workspace-specific favorites.

Stupid change, Microsoft.
Oliver_R 10 Reputation points

2024-12-04T04:52:27.19+00:00

I am also very dismayed by this change! Why was this necessary? Workspaces were the perfect tool for separating out big projects and work areas that need their own information and tools at your fingertips. Now everything is so cumbersome and clunky.

Please revert it back to the way it was, or at least introduce an option! When I did a google search I saw that there were people asking it to be like it is now, and my guess is that the feature was changed because of that.

But for the majority of us who really love Workspaces, we switched to Edge because no other browser did them this way and they were just perfect.
Mikayla 0 Reputation points

2024-12-27T17:07:10.54+00:00
I also very much would like to see the workspace-specific favorites bar come back. I really like the suggestion above made by Ken who suggests:

Please at least allow us to configure and choose one of the following displays:

Show workspace favorites on the main bar, and full favorites on a folder menu

Show full favorites on the main bar, and workspace favorites on a folder menu
SAEED ALOURI 5 Reputation points

2025-01-10T10:43:13.4433333+00:00

I think it should be the opposite, when you are in a workspace, it's favorites should be the ones on the favorites bar, and other workspace (e.g. "main") should be under the separate folder.
Also, I understood that "sharing/collaboration" is one of the purposes for workspaces and I don't want to share all of my favorites with everyone.
Jonathan Wong 25 Reputation points

2025-01-15T21:11:39.4533333+00:00

Wow this was fixed in an early January update (Workspaces favorite bars came back) but now it has just been reverted to this unproductive behaviour. What is going on?
Gerid Adams 5 Reputation points

2025-01-19T13:20:38.1233333+00:00

I hate this. Looks like I am going back to Chrome. Being able to separate my projects (including my favorites) was an awesome feature and main reason I started using Edge as default.

Has anyone found a work around? I invested a lot of time sorting these out and creating nice workspaces for my projects. I also don't want to be sharing my personal favorites with others that have access to my workspaces.
Rayarthur Wild 5 Reputation points

2025-01-21T15:15:05.71+00:00

I would like to know if there was an assessment of digital accessibility before this decision was made? It is especially disappointing that it cannot be toggled or disabled. Only on v off - could you please outline how workspaces have any features at all to distinguish them from using one browser interface
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-02-12T10:49:38.59+00:00

This is the wrong answer and should not be here as an accepted answer. Alex Fantuzs answer below was the currentcorrect answer with an actual solution.
Armando 0 Reputation points

2025-03-30T03:55:47.0366667+00:00

Oh darn. That's unfortunate. The folder is a solid fix and hopefully it's a temporary one and additional workspace customization features are added in the near future... Darn those previous users that filed the request for change in the workspace. I imagine half of the users were happy with it.
Steve Maggitti 0 Reputation points

2025-08-26T14:04:45.9266667+00:00

Separate favorites per workspace was a very useful feature and I hope it is brought back. As a project manager, I need to make sure project team members, who have many other duties, can task switch into working on projects as quickly and easily as possible. Clicking into a workspace and having a short list of relevant project bookmarks is fantastic, and I have encouraged teammates widely to use it. One of the first things I do on a project is create an Edge workspace and share it. I'm disappointed the flag workaround is being removed.

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Jinxin Wang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co Ltd) 2,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-08-23T08:01:16.84+00:00

Hi @Randle Bond,

I read your description. But I don't quite understand what you are mainly talking about, "On each workspace there was an individual favorites bar at the top" Do you mean that clicking the "Favorites" icon in the upper right corner of Edge cannot expand the contents of each workspace favorites? Because I tested the Favorites feature on Edge Stable and Edge Dev respectively. When I clicked the "Favorites" icon, I could display the "Favorite Bar", "Other favorites" and two other "workspaces". When I expanded the favorites from the workspace named "kobe", all of them could be expanded, but when I expanded from the workspace named "study", the "kobe" workspace could not be expanded. As shown in the figure below: So, I would like to know if this is also the issue you are describing? If it is convenient for you, please provide relevant screenshots to me (please cover up privacy information).

Best Regards,

Jinxin Wang
randle 165 Reputation points

2024-08-23T08:57:50.4866667+00:00

Hi, you can see a printables favourite on my bar in the browser window and then you can see a menu called tech I've clicked on. The menu called Tech used to be my favourites bar in the tech workspace. For some reason this changed and I get a universal favourites bar instead. If I hide or remove this favourites bar then the whole bar disappears.

If I remove the printables favorite this you can see it thinks this is a workspace bar, but it isn't functioning this way. It adds favorites here to all the workspaces.

You can see the list when I click manage favourites here

Does this make more sense?

This is what it used to look like. See how the favorites for Tech are spread across the favorites bar. Contrast with the top picture.
randle 165 Reputation points

2024-08-23T09:06:01.32+00:00

see update to the post above.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2024-11-09T23:32:25.64+00:00

It's the old ensh***ification problem. Workspaces was so good with logically different favourites in each workspace, but now the decay begins.
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2024-11-11T15:47:07.6533333+00:00

People complained it was hard to share bookmarks between workspaces. Guess this is the result.
I totally agree the previous behavior was better for my use of workspaces. It just added extra clicks and mouse move when working in a workspace, and there is no known method to switch between experiences. Guess it's back to using multiple profiles and stop using workspaces altogether.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2024-11-11T18:27:37.44+00:00

I hadn't realised that was an option. Thanks. I can ditch workspaces until they come back to their senses.
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2024-11-11T18:43:38.9466667+00:00

I was using profiles before, and workspaces became much more convenient because extensions (e.g. password manager) were shared, and all tabs/browser state were synced on a single M365 account across all my workstations. Now back to square 1. Guess I'll look for another browser altogether.
RE Hunter 20 Reputation points

2024-11-15T19:09:50.35+00:00

Do you create an email alias to link the profile to?
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2024-11-17T18:37:22.4566667+00:00

Nah I doubt it would sync properly without overwriting anything with aliases to the same o365 accounts. Didn't try, hardly see it working. Even if it did, I don't see that being knowingly supported and it could break at anytime.
Furlani, Nicole 0 Reputation points

2024-11-20T14:26:35.3333333+00:00

This has been driving me crazy too. They should have at least just made it an option if I want to use the universal bar or not.
Oliver_R 10 Reputation points

2024-12-04T04:54:46.4633333+00:00

@jinxing wang Would you be able to submit the feedback from this thread to the Edge team for consideration?
Gerid Adams 5 Reputation points

2025-01-19T13:16:14.1033333+00:00

Why would you take away a feature that made workspaces so useful? Ugh...
Mark A-G 16 Reputation points

2025-01-19T21:45:33.91+00:00

I'd be happy if they just allowed you to pin the different folders in each of the workspaces to restore previous functionality. I provided feedback via the browser feedback feature but no responses.
Rayarthur Wild 5 Reputation points

2025-01-21T15:12:22.63+00:00

I have this 21st of January 2025 on my Microsoft organisational account following successful use of workspace for disability access for several months. Workspaces were proving to be a rare useful and accessible innovation in edge browser. Because I have a high level of visual distortion and stress it was extremely helpful to be able to see favourites related to specific tasks. Now I am once again flooded with information I cannot parse visually. Very disappointing. About 2 to 3 times a week now I have to reset systems for accessibility functionality with rapid updates often of questionable use.
Mamamia Ma 15 Reputation points

2025-01-22T00:56:45.8733333+00:00

The workspace specific favorite bar was a very good feature until this is changed.

The previous behavior which display the whole workspace favorite on the workspace windows was much effective because whenever I'm working on the specific workspace. I only want to focus the favorites that I have collected for that workspace.

The Non-workspace favorite now takes up the whole bar instead makes the workspace windows favorite much less effective.

Can the behavior be reverted? Or maybe provide an option knob to allow user to decide.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-02-12T10:51:53.3466667+00:00

This is the solution.

Type edge://flags on Edge address bar

Search for "Show Workspace Favorites in Favorites Bar" > Set to Enabled

Restart Edge
Dark Ͷet 55 Reputation points

2025-03-22T16:16:16.3133333+00:00

edge://flags/ "Show Workspace Favorites in Favorites Bar " no longer works with the latest updates it crashes when clicking on the folders
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2025-03-29T23:43:43.58+00:00

I confirm. The flag works in displaying the favorites, opening a bookmark will work but clicking a folder display its content will crash Edge. We can right-click on a folder to "open all" and it works though.
Juraj Bober 5 Reputation points

2025-06-03T13:45:36.7166667+00:00

"fix" with flags still doesn´t work with folders - leading to crash

it was instant change of flags for me when they introduced this "feature" for my release. Unfortunately, folders still doesn´t work, 3 months later, even after submitting ticket with acknowledgment from MS

please, repair that, i can´t even see it as known issue
Gellerich, Bent 0 Reputation points

2025-06-03T20:21:08.84+00:00

I don't understand why this is not a priority item to fix. This used to work fine and has now been a problem for months! I'm forced to go back to Google Chrome with extensions I'm afraid...
Juraj Bober 5 Reputation points

2025-09-05T13:29:08.9933333+00:00

I am so disappointed by this new "feature". Workspaces are now just useless. Why would I create them now ? I could just create normal favorite folder for my dedicated favorites if I would want this and then doesn't have to worry about anything like opening new windows. We want this separated, always visible, not from a drop down. In fact, I am so disappointed I wanted to create extension for this, but two problems - 1. Edge doesn't provide API for telling me which workspace is opened (partinionally solvable by comparing opened tabs with favorites in workspaces) 2. It would need to be side panel, you can't modify top bar of edge
俊祥龚 55 Reputation points

2024-08-23T10:32:12.2566667+00:00

I also need to get the workspace favorites bar back to the way it was before, with a separate favorites bar for each workspace.

This look is making the workspace less efficient

How do I need to give feedback on this requirement?
randle 165 Reputation points

2024-08-23T13:38:42.32+00:00

I'm really surprised they would change this feature of having custom favourites bars for workspaces. It was one of the key selling points for me as it showed me to be task focused with the right websites for a project a click away. I would have left the generic favourites in a menu instead. Or showed the favourites bar to be split...
Ricardo Diaz 45 Reputation points

2024-09-04T15:28:04.67+00:00

I feel the same. This was a great way to organize favourites. The way it is now adds an extra click.
Li Ting Wong 30 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-09-05T05:43:11.43+00:00

Is there a way to turned on the feature explicitly? I prefer the new look but only get that on one of my edge browsers. And I use multiple desktops.
Sanny 30 Reputation points

2024-10-30T08:32:06.7333333+00:00

Having all my favourites in the same taskbar just leads to procrastination. I just commited to the switch from chrome, only for the workspace as it was. Guess i go back to my old workflow with several chrome extensions :(
Jonathan Wong 25 Reputation points

2024-10-30T22:12:55.25+00:00

I much prefer it the way it was before. The advantage of workspaces for me was having a custom Favourites Bar for each workspace; now this is gone!

Please at least add a setting to revert the old behaviour.
Simon Young 25 Reputation points

2024-11-02T08:04:29.68+00:00

A specific favourites bar per workspace was so efficient, so this change is a regression from my perspective. Yes, the workspace favourites are still there on the far left of the favourites bar, but I could already do that without workspaces. I loved the optimised "workspace' experience as it was previously.
RE Hunter 20 Reputation points

2024-11-03T11:07:53.41+00:00

Fix this stupid change.
Ken 50 Reputation points

2024-11-04T03:14:52.56+00:00

Please at least allow us to configure and choose one of the following displays:

Show workspace favorites on the main bar, and full favorites on a folder menu

Show full favorites on the main bar, and workspace favorites on a folder menu
Ken 50 Reputation points

2024-11-04T03:20:29.8133333+00:00

To solve this once and for all, please allow us to choose between the following displays:

Show workspace favorites on the main bar and universal favorites on a folder menu.

Show universal favorites on the main bar and workspace favorites on a folder menu.

Otherwise you cannot satisfy all users and will have to revert to old behaviour and revert again then to new behaviour back and forth.
Antonette Page 15 Reputation points

2024-11-06T11:49:06.0733333+00:00

My browser recently received the change and my flabbers were gasted. I spent over an hour searching out settings to revert back to the old favourites bar but had no luck. I also wish for this to be a toggle feature.
Kellee Rosales 20 Reputation points

2024-11-06T23:35:07.3566667+00:00

What is the point of having different workspaces?? I also need to get the workspace favorites bar back to the way it was before, with a separate favorites bar for each workspace. Having them show up universally across all workspaces defeat the purpose of individual workspaces! Where is the feedback button???
Kellee Rosales 20 Reputation points

2024-11-06T23:37:58.2466667+00:00

Ohhhh my gosh yeaahhhhhh it fixed for you??!!! also need to get the workspace favorites bar back to the way it was before, with a separate favorites bar for each workspace! Is this where you fixed the problem? If so it's not working for me =( Did you restart your computer? Close all tabs? or just toggle on/off?
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2024-11-09T23:30:27.56+00:00

The favourites temporarily came back but when I rebooted today it was back to the single folder again. I thought it was an edge update but apparently not.
Steve Lubetkin 0 Reputation points

2024-11-16T13:10:21.7366667+00:00

Don't understand why they made this change. All it does is clutter up the favorites bar. My solution was to create a new folder in the favorites bar called "Favorites (ALL)" and drag all the random favorites into that folder. Now I just have two items on the favorites bar, the workspace favorites drop-down, and the Favorites (ALL) folder. Much cleaner look, even though it now takes an additional mouse-click to access the workspace-specific favorites.

Stupid change, Microsoft.
Oliver_R 10 Reputation points

2024-12-04T04:52:27.19+00:00

I am also very dismayed by this change! Why was this necessary? Workspaces were the perfect tool for separating out big projects and work areas that need their own information and tools at your fingertips. Now everything is so cumbersome and clunky.

Please revert it back to the way it was, or at least introduce an option! When I did a google search I saw that there were people asking it to be like it is now, and my guess is that the feature was changed because of that.

But for the majority of us who really love Workspaces, we switched to Edge because no other browser did them this way and they were just perfect.
Mikayla 0 Reputation points

2024-12-27T17:07:10.54+00:00

I also very much would like to see the workspace-specific favorites bar come back. I really like the suggestion above made by Ken who suggests:

Please at least allow us to configure and choose one of the following displays:

Show workspace favorites on the main bar, and full favorites on a folder menu

Show full favorites on the main bar, and workspace favorites on a folder menu
SAEED ALOURI 5 Reputation points

2025-01-10T10:43:13.4433333+00:00

I think it should be the opposite, when you are in a workspace, it's favorites should be the ones on the favorites bar, and other workspace (e.g. "main") should be under the separate folder.
Also, I understood that "sharing/collaboration" is one of the purposes for workspaces and I don't want to share all of my favorites with everyone.
Jonathan Wong 25 Reputation points

2025-01-15T21:11:39.4533333+00:00

Wow this was fixed in an early January update (Workspaces favorite bars came back) but now it has just been reverted to this unproductive behaviour. What is going on?
Gerid Adams 5 Reputation points

2025-01-19T13:20:38.1233333+00:00

I hate this. Looks like I am going back to Chrome. Being able to separate my projects (including my favorites) was an awesome feature and main reason I started using Edge as default.

Has anyone found a work around? I invested a lot of time sorting these out and creating nice workspaces for my projects. I also don't want to be sharing my personal favorites with others that have access to my workspaces.
Rayarthur Wild 5 Reputation points

2025-01-21T15:15:05.71+00:00

I would like to know if there was an assessment of digital accessibility before this decision was made? It is especially disappointing that it cannot be toggled or disabled. Only on v off - could you please outline how workspaces have any features at all to distinguish them from using one browser interface
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-02-12T10:49:38.59+00:00

This is the wrong answer and should not be here as an accepted answer. Alex Fantuzs answer below was the currentcorrect answer with an actual solution.
Armando 0 Reputation points

2025-03-30T03:55:47.0366667+00:00

Oh darn. That's unfortunate. The folder is a solid fix and hopefully it's a temporary one and additional workspace customization features are added in the near future... Darn those previous users that filed the request for change in the workspace. I imagine half of the users were happy with it.
Steve Maggitti 0 Reputation points

2025-08-26T14:04:45.9266667+00:00

Separate favorites per workspace was a very useful feature and I hope it is brought back. As a project manager, I need to make sure project team members, who have many other duties, can task switch into working on projects as quickly and easily as possible. Clicking into a workspace and having a short list of relevant project bookmarks is fantastic, and I have encouraged teammates widely to use it. One of the first things I do on a project is create an Edge workspace and share it. I'm disappointed the flag workaround is being removed.

Answer 1

Alex Fantuz 120

You can try this:

Type edge://flags on Edge address bar

Search for "Show Workspace Favorites in Favorites Bar" > Set to Enabled

Restart Edge

Mark A-G 16 Reputation points

2025-01-21T03:15:47.2766667+00:00

Thank you so much, that's exactly what I was looking for!
Mark A-G 16 Reputation points

2025-01-21T03:17:33.1+00:00

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was looking for when they first implemented the change.
GrandSeb 10 Reputation points

2025-01-21T13:54:14.5266667+00:00

This works ! Thanks!
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-01-21T14:25:00.96+00:00

Fantastic! Thanks Alex. I just hope Microsoft don't remove this ability out of stupidity or malice.
CharlesPerreault-8010 30 Reputation points

2025-01-21T14:28:44.7266667+00:00

This is great news. Works like a charm.
Ricardo Diaz 45 Reputation points

2025-01-21T15:26:12.1233333+00:00

Finally! thanks!
Milan Cvrkal 26 Reputation points

2025-01-22T13:21:29.1066667+00:00

It solved my issue :-), thanks
Lee, Jessica 30 Reputation points

2025-01-22T20:10:25.2033333+00:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
Uwem Ekpenyong 0 Reputation points

2025-01-24T16:57:05.48+00:00

This is the way.
Ron Britvich 0 Reputation points

2025-01-25T22:45:22.1633333+00:00

Excellent!!! Back to the good ol' days.
Oliver, Timothy 0 Reputation points

2025-01-30T21:15:25.3833333+00:00

Thank you! Works exactly as described. My Favorites are back where they belong.
Gellerich, Bent 0 Reputation points

2025-02-13T12:45:51.28+00:00

Funny that this is not the accepted answer. I almost missed it, but it does solve the issue :) Thank you!
David Axtell 0 Reputation points

2025-02-18T09:12:02.12+00:00

Agree with other comments … this is the Answer to the problem ... thanks again
Furlani, Nicole 0 Reputation points

2025-02-18T13:05:38.9266667+00:00

Wonderful!! This just saved MS Edge for me!! thank you!!
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-03-15T14:27:50.7566667+00:00

Latest Edge update around 12th March seems to make this crash now. Disabling stops crashing. Going to see if I can install older version and block updates.
GrandSeb 10 Reputation points

2025-03-15T14:50:13.6866667+00:00

Same here, but only when clicking on a folder in the workspace's fav bar. Clicking on a regular favorites (not in a subfolder) is working fine for me. So frustrating, I hope it will be fixed in the next release.

Oddly there was another bug that got fixed with this last update: the theme was no longer applied when selecting a workspace and it's now back!

Made me realize how much I need this feature at work. Similar solutions are existing with Chrome not as good as Edge Workspace IMO (before these bugs...).
Nick V 15 Reputation points

2025-03-18T09:40:50.43+00:00

I'm also seeing the "Edge crashes if clicking on Workspace subfolder" issue. Had to toggle the feature flag off, unfortunately.
Marc Rey 0 Reputation points

2025-04-14T15:17:27.75+00:00

Well, this just made the entire Workspaces-feature lose all value to me.
Barry Jenkinson 70 Reputation points

2025-08-13T17:28:09.1+00:00

This option seems to be removed altogether from flags. Looks like MS are not going to correct it. So looks like the only option now is to downgrade to the version around January or February 2025 before they messed it up. Not sure how much a security risk that is.
Juraj Bober 5 Reputation points

2025-08-13T18:11:00.18+00:00

It's even worse than that, because it started working! and now it's gone altogether...I noticed it maybe week or two ago, the app stopped crashing after clicking on the folder, my life had a meaning again. AND THEY TOOK IT AWAY AGAIN! :D please MS don't do this...hard workers in every business really need this
Gellerich, Bent 0 Reputation points

2025-08-15T18:04:34.46+00:00

This is getting old. I also noticed it was fixed, now gone altogether. I'm not sure why they can't make it work. I'm removing edge and going back to Chrome/Firefox. perhaps I'll check back in a year or so LOL. Good luck all!!

Answer 2

Hi @randle,

Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the issue with the MS Edge Workspaces Favorites Bar not showing Favorites for individual workspaces. I am a member of the Microsoft Edge Development team, which is primarily focused on the development and improvement of the browser itself. As a result, I do not have direct access to support resources for user-facing features such as Favorites, History, or Downloads, and am unable to provide a direct resolution for your request. For the most effective assistance and a timely response, I recommend posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum at Ask a question. Please use the following tags when creating your thread:

Tag: Microsoft Edge
Child tag: Favorites, history, and downloads
Child item tag: [Your OS, e.g., Windows 11]

This will ensure your inquiry is directed to the team best equipped to assist you with these features. Alternatively, if you suspect this might be a bug, you can report it directly via the in-browser feedback tool by pressing Alt + Shift + I in Edge. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards,

Jay Pham

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