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title: "Why is Microsoft Edge called Edge?"  
description: "Why is Microsoft Edge called Edge?"  
author: "Austin Dcruz"  
published: 2022-02-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95999/why-is-microsoft-edge-called-edge  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["microsoft edge", "edge", "troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why is Microsoft Edge called Edge?

Why is Microsoft Edge called Edge?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**[Microsoft Edge](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96025/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-fake-microsoft-security-warning) is called Edge because:**

![Why is Microsoft Edge called Edge?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/27c2cf71-aa68-4de4-ad61-b479f9b40e48/images/47d5d35d-367d-4759-babc-df8446a22227.png) **\**

- **Microsoft's new Edge** Chromium browser is now available for download on Windows and macOS. Just over a year after the software company announced its ambitions to move to Chromium, a stable version of the browser is now available for everyone to download.
- Microsoft Edge is the new browser for Windows 10, replacing Internet Explorer (IE), which first appeared with Windows 95 and remained a feature of Windows operating systems for the next two decades. Edge is a simplified, smaller browser built on Web standards and optimised for Web services.
- Microsoft Edge is a web browser created by Microsoft that comes pre-installed on all new Windows computers.
- Edge was created to be a replacement for Internet Explorer, and it is faster and more feature-rich.

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**Read More: [What happens if I switch from Microsoft Edge to Chrome?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96007/what-happens-if-i-switch-from-microsoft-edge-to-chrome)**


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