{
  "id": 17121,
  "title": "12 top productivity tips for Microsoft Edge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/12-top-productivity-tips-for-microsoft-edge",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-07-31T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1613111/microsoft-edge-productivity-tips.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "1. Create separate Microsoft accounts for work and personal use\nTo maintain clear separation between work and personal browsing, create two distinct Microsoft accounts. Visit https://account.microsoft.com and click \"Create an account\" to establish a new Microsoft account. Once created, sign into Edge with the desired account, which will automatically associate your browsing data (favorites, extensions, etc.) with that specific account. Repeat this process for the second account to have two separate profiles. Switch between these profiles by clicking the user profile icon in the top right corner of the Edge window and selecting the desired account from the \"Other profiles\" section.",
  "summary": "We live and work in browsers. It’s where we spend most of our time — and it’s where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances. But it needn’t be that way. You can turn your browser into a lean, mean productivity machine. To do it, just follow these tips for Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 or 11. You’ll learn how to switch between home…",
  "key_points": [
    "Create separate Microsoft accounts for work and personal use",
    "Sign into Edge with the desired account to associate browsing data",
    "Switch between profiles via user profile icon in top right corner"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}