This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing a tab preview when hovering on a tab in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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Microsoft Edge will show a tab preview on hover by default, but you can turn this off if wanted.
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- Option One: Turn On or Off Show Tab Preview on Hover in Microsoft Edge for Current User in Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Show Tab Preview on Hover in Microsoft Edge for All Users using REG file
EXAMPLE: Show tab preview on hover enabled and disabled
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Appearance. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Appearance in the left pane, and click/tap on Tabs in the right pane under "Other appearance settings". (see screenshot below)
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Under Tabs settings, turn On (default) or Off Show tab preview on hover for what you want. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.
Enable or Disable Show Tab Preview on Hover in Microsoft Edge for All Users using REG file
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
This option uses the ShowTabPreviewEnabled policy for Microsoft Edge.
This policy currently only works on Microsoft Edge 141 and higher versions.
1 Do step 2 (always enable), step 3 (disable), or step 4 (default) below for what you want.
2 Always Enable Show Tab Preview on Hover in Microsoft Edge for All Users
This will override and gray out Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 5 below.
Always_enable_show_tab_preview_on_hover_in_Edge_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"ShowTabPreviewEnabled"=dword:000000013 Disable Show Tab Preview on Hover in Microsoft Edge for All Users
This will override and gray out Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 5 below.
Disable_show_tab_preview_on_hover_in_Edge_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"ShowTabPreviewEnabled"=dword:000000004 Default User Choice Show Tab Preview on Hover in Microsoft Edge
This is the default setting to allow using Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 5 below.
Default_user-choice_show_tab_preview_on_hover_in_Edge.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"ShowTabPreviewEnabled"=-5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
7 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
8 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
9 If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen Microsoft Edge to apply.
10 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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