[Tip] Show User Profile Icon in Title bar in Microsoft Edge

This article will help you in moving the User Profile icon from the toolbar and showing it in the title bar in Microsoft Edge web browser. You can use this tip to free up some extra space on the browser toolbar.

The user profile icon is also known as user account or user avatar button. It helps Microsoft Edge users in accessing and managing their browser profile easily and quickly. You can sign into your user profile and sync the browser data such as cache, history, settings across multiple devices.

Following screenshot shows the user profile icon showing in the title bar in Microsoft Edge web browser:

As you can see the profile icon is shown at the top-left corner of Microsoft Edge window near the tab actions menu button. Since almost all modern web browsers show the tabs in the title bar, the title bar is now also referred as tab bar.

In my opinion, the profile icon looks better in the title bar compared to the toolbar. Also it helps in reducing the icon clutter present on the toolbar.

Steps to Move User Profile Icon to Title bar in Microsoft Edge

If you also want to move the profile icon to the title bar in Microsoft Edge web browser, following steps will help you:

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 minimal in the “Search flags” box.

Look for following option on the page:

3. To move the profile icon to the title bar, select Enabled from the drop-down box for the above mentioned option.

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

5. After restarting Edge, you’ll get the profile icon in the title bar.

PS: If you decide to restore default UI in Edge, select “Default” option from the drop-down box for above mentioned option on edge://flags page and restart the browser.

Show or Hide User Profile Icon in Title bar Using Edge Settings

The above mentioned preference/flag also adds a new toggle option to show the user profile icon in title bar or restore the icon back to the toolbar on Edge Settings page. To check the option, do as following:

1. Click on the 3-dots menu button present at the right-side of the toolbar and select Settings option from the main menu. Alternatively, you can press ALT+F keys together to show Edge Menu and then press S key to open Settings page. You can also directly open Edge Settings page using edge://settings/ URL in address bar.

2. Now go to Appearance tab and in right-side pane, look for following option:

You can turn on/off the toggle option to make the changes quickly and easily. Edge will require a restart to apply changes.

BONUS TIP: Another Hidden Secret Preference for Basic Toolbar and Title bar

When you’ll search for “minimal” string on Edge://flags page, you’ll also get another option on the page as following:

This preference will allow Edge users getting a minimal clutter-free title bar and toolbar expereince. At the moment, this preference only works in testing versions of Edge such as Dev and Canary. Stable version will get the functionality in future versions.

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