Edge Update

Question

This morning's Edge update indicated that websites can be pinned to the Taskbar. I've been waiting for this feature to mirror the functionality in Internet Explorer. However, this continues to miss the mark. In Explorer, you could pin a website, and all of the windows and pop-ups would be contained within the pinned icon on the Taskbar. All windows that open from the pinned icon go back to the Edge icon. Please bring this feature back!! Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Hi BEVERLY M,

I understand that you are looking for the pinned website to work more like it did in Internet Explorer, where related windows and pop-ups stayed grouped under the same pinned website icon instead of moving back under the main Edge icon.

However, as AI's answer mentioned above, the current behavior in Microsoft Edge, pinned sites and web apps do not fully replicate that legacy Internet Explorer taskbar behavior. In Edge on Windows 11, a website can be pinned or installed as an app for quicker access, but some new windows or pop-ups may still be handled under the main Microsoft Edge icon instead of always staying grouped under the pinned website icon.

Please note that this is a user-to-user support forum. Moderators, contributors, including external Microsoft employees, cannot directly change Microsoft Edge features or restore Internet Explorer-style taskbar grouping. If this behavior is important to your workflow, the best next step is to send feedback directly to the Edge team through Settings and more (...) > Help and feedback > Send feedback. You can mention that you would like pinned websites or installed web apps to keep all related windows and pop-ups grouped under the pinned website icon, similar to Internet Explorer.

Wishing you a smoother experience with Microsoft Edge as the product continues to improve.

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Answer 2

Pinned sites and web apps in the current Microsoft Edge do not fully replicate the legacy Internet Explorer behavior where all windows and pop‑ups from a pinned site were always grouped under a single pinned taskbar icon.

In modern Edge on Windows 10/11:

• Edge itself is a default pinned app on the taskbar, and that pin is managed by Windows and Edge updates (for example, when the new Chromium-based Edge is installed, taskbar pins migrate or are replaced as described in the Edge update documentation).
• Sites can be installed as apps (PWAs or “sites as apps”) and then pinned to Start or the taskbar, but they behave as separate app windows, not as a strict IE-style “all pop‑ups stay under one pinned icon” container.
• Taskbar pinning behavior is also influenced by Windows taskbar configuration policies and XML layouts, which control which apps are pinned and in what order, but not the IE-style grouping model.

The documentation in the provided context does not describe an option or setting in Edge or Windows 11 that restores the exact Internet Explorer pinned‑site behavior being requested. The current behavior—Edge being pinned as a standard app, with sites/apps pinned separately and windows grouped according to normal app rules—is by design in the Chromium-based Edge and Windows 10/11 taskbar model.

To influence future behavior or request the IE-style feature, feedback needs to be submitted through Microsoft’s feedback channels (for example, Feedback Hub on Windows or Edge’s built‑in feedback), as the feature is not available or configurable based on the referenced documentation.

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References:

• The new Microsoft Edge is available for Windows 10, version 1803 and 1809
• The new Microsoft Edge is available for Windows 10, version 1903 and 1909
• Windows updates to support the next version of Microsoft Edge
• Configure the applications pinned to the taskbar (windows-11)
• Configure the applications pinned to the taskbar (windows-10)
• Apps and widgets that depend on Microsoft Edge