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I am trying to change the protocol handler in Microsoft Edge to default to my gmail account, however I cannot locate "protocol handler" in settings. One of the articles I found on the internet stated "the setting in Edge is buried under Cookies and site permissions." But I am not seeing "cookies and site permissions" in the settings. Does anyone know how to change the protocols in Edge? Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
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Hi Lorie,
I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft QA.
Apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing. I am happy to help you today.
It should be on the following page - please copy and paste it in the Edge address bar:
edge://settings/privacy/sitePermissions
I look forward to your response and am happy to work with you until we find a solution. Please keep me updated.
Sumit, I am not sure if this message will be received by you, but I wanted to thank you for your response. I appreciate it. However, I can't seem to locate the "protocol handler" that I am looking for. There are three (3) sections; a) ALL sites b) Recent activity and c) ALL permissions. When I look at (c) the only handler I see is for "payments". I don't see one for "email". I have attached screen shots of what I have available in (c). Is there something or another place I should be looking? Thank you very much for all of your assistance!
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Hi Sumit,
I couldn’t find this option on the sitePermissions page that you provided as a link. It seems that this option was removed in a recent version of Edge.
Thank you, Lorie.
The Protocol handlers are in Windows Settings, I believe. Could you please check here?