[Tip] How to Enable or Disable Microsoft Edge Workspaces Feature

Microsoft has started rolling out the new Workspaces feature to all Microsoft Edge users. In this article, we’ll learn what is Microsoft Edge Workspaces feature and how to enable and use it? You’ll also be able to disable the Workspaces feature in Edge if you don’t like it.

What is Microsoft Edge Workspaces Feature?

Workspaces is a new feature introduced in Microsoft Edge web browser which allows users to create a set of tabs and share the set with other people to work on the tabs together in real time.

Workspaces feature was launched last year in October month at Ignite conference. At that time, the workspaces feature was provided as an enterprise preview and was not available to general public.

Now Microsoft has launched the workspaces feature for all Microsoft Edge users, so interested users can sign up and test the preview version of workspaces in their web browser.

Microsoft Edge Workspaces Features List

Here are the main features of Microsoft Edge Workspaces:

Share and browse websites together: If you are working on a project or event, you can create a single set of related websites and share it with other group members.

Stay focused and organized: You can create a dedicated and separate space in the browser for selected tabs and can work on those tabs without interruption.

Real-time updates: The changes in the set of websites happen in real-time. All group members can add, remove or make changes to the set.

Privacy and security: Workspaces feature is not a screen sharing feature. It doesn’t share any browser or confidential account data such as logins, cookies, and passwords with group members.

Microsoft Account required: To access and use the Workspaces feature, users are required to sign into a Microsoft account. This means users will need to login with Outlook, Hotmail, etc Microsoft Account to request access to a resource such as a Microsoft 365 document if they don’t already have it.

How to Get and Test Microsoft Edge Workspaces Feature?

Currently, Workspaces feature is under public preview which means the feature is under limited invitation-only process. Microsoft has provided a subscription link to get access to the feature.

You can visit following webpage to sign up for Workspaces public preview version:

Get Early Access to Microsoft Edge Workspaces Public Preview

Open the above mentioned link in Microsoft Edge web browser and follow the instructions.

Important Things or Limitations of Workspaces Feature

There are few things to keep in mind before start using Workspaces feature:

• You’ll need Microsoft Edge version 111.0.1661.51 (or higher) to be able to use Workspaces feature. So make sure to update your browser to latest version.
• You’ll need to be signed into your Microsoft account to start using Workspaces feature.
• You’ll receive 5 invites to send to friends and family to join the preview. As it’s a limited preview, the amount of invitations will be subject to availability.

How to Enable or Disable Workspaces Feature in Microsoft Edge?

Microsoft has provided a hidden secret preference/flag to manually enable or disable Workspaces feature in Microsoft Edge web browser. Interested users can use the preference to turn on/off Workspaces feature but the feature will only work if you have joined the public preview using the above mentioned link. If you are not subscribed to public preview, the Workspaces feature will remain deactivated.

Following steps can be used to enable or disable Workspaces feature in Microsoft Edge:

1. Open Microsoft Edge web browser and type edge://flags/ in address bar and press Enter. It’ll open the advanced configuration page.

2. Now type workspace in the “Search flags” box.

It’ll directly go to following options:

3. To activate and enable the Workspaces feature in Edge, select Enabled from the drop-down box for “Enable Workspaces” option.

To deactivate and disable the Workspaces feature in Edge, select Disabled from the drop-down box for “Enable Workspaces” option.

4. Microsoft Edge will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Restart” button to restart Microsoft Edge.

After restarting Edge, the Workspaces feature will be enabled or disabled based on the selected preference value as mentioned above.

How to Remove or Hide Workspaces Toolbar Button in Microsoft Edge?

If you want to quickly remove or hide the Workspaces button from Microsoft Edge title bar or toolbar, right-click on the Workspaces button and select “Hide from Toolbar” option. You can also show/hide the Workspaces button using Edge Settings -> Appearance page. The Appearance Settings page might come handy if you deleted the Workspaces button using the right-click menu option and now you want to restore or add the button back to the toolbar.

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