To hide the feed when you launch Edge, click the “Open Microsoft Edge with” box and select “New tab page”. Under “Open new tabs with”, select “A blank page” if you want a blank page with a search box or “Top sites” to see only top sites and hide the news feed.Įdge’s “Start page” will always show the news feed when you open a new Edge window. If you don’t want Edge contacting Microsoft’s servers to download this content, you can disable it and use a more minimal new tab page.Ĭlick Edge’s menu > Settings to access this and other settings. When you open a new tab, Edge shows you a list of “top sites” you might want to visit as well as an MSN-powered feed of news, weather, and sports content.