Microsoft Edge Collections

A unique Microsoft Edge feature called Collections helps you gather, save, and organize information about a specific topic as you browse the web and access relevant content from multiple places. It works well for researching trips, shopping, school papers, work projects, and the like, and can be easier to manage than using Favorites.

Collections appears as a floating pane in Microsoft Edge in which you can create and edit collections, add web pages and discrete bits of information to collections, and share and otherwise manage collections. You can display this pane by selecting the Collections button in the Edge toolbar, if present, or by navigating to Settings and more ("...") > Collections.

You can also pin the pane to the right side of the Microsoft Edge window so that it doesn't block any of the web pages you view. This also makes it easier to add pages or other information to a collection.

Collections isn't limited to your Windows PC: this feature is also available in Microsoft Edge for Android, iPhone, and iPad, and whatever collections you create will sync between each of these devices.
Create a new collection
To create a new collection, open Collections and select "Start new collection." When you do, a new collection appears in the Collections pane with its name highlighted so you can edit it.

If you're viewing a page you want to add to this new collection, you can use the "Add current page" button or link to do so now.

You can also create a new collection by right-clicking the currently-viewed web page, an image, or some selected text and choosing "Add page to Collections" (or "Add to Collections") and then "Start new collection."
Add a web page to a collection
Many people will want to add a page to a collection. Doing so is similar to saving a favorite (bookmark), though the Collections presentation is nicer.

To add the currently-viewed page to a collection, right-click an empty area of the page and choose "Add page to Collections" and then the name of the collection.

Or, if the Collections pane is already open, you can select the "Add current page" link in the Collections pane instead.

When you do so, the page is added at the bottom of the items in the selected collection.
Add specific text to a collection
Sometimes you don't want to collect an entire web page and would instead like to collect just some specific text on a page. To do so, select the text you'd like to add, right-click it, and choose "Add page to Collections" and then the name of the collection.

But there's an easier way, assuming you have the Collections pane pinned: You can select the text you'd like to add and then drag it right into the Collections pane.

Add an image to a collection
Collecting an image works similarly: You can right-click an image you'd like to collect, then choose "Add to Collections" and then the name of the collection. Or, simply drag and drop it into the Collections pane.
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