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Let’s learn how to Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft Edge. Microsoft added a new policy update AskBeforeCloseEnabled for the edge, allowing user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs.Previously, If you accidentally click on the close button in the edge browsers window, Microsoft Edge exit without any warning, and you may lose the important sessions while restoring the tabs. You can now enable a confirmation alert before closing edge tabs.This feature will not count your open tabs. It’s a “warn on close” or “ask before closing multiple tabs”. Microsoft Edge warns you when you press the close button while you have multiple tabs open.You can also manage your browsing experience more organized while browsing the web by adding favorites sites and keeping track of the websites you frequently visit by adding favorites in Microsoft Edge, learn how to configure Edge Chromium Favorites using Intune Policy.Download Microsoft Edge ADMX Group Policy TemplatesConfigure Edge Chromium Favorites Using Intune | Endpoint ManagerIE11 To Microsoft Edge Migration Adoption Kit | Free Download PowerPoint Email TemplatesWhat Is Edge Ask Before Closing Multiple Tabs?The Ask Before Closing Multiple Tabs prompt prevents accidentally closing multiple tabs, and the browser can prompt if you want to close all tabs.This AskBeforeCloseEnabled policy lets you configure whether users see a confirmation dialog before closing a browser window with multiple tabs. This dialog asks users to confirm that the browser window can be closed. If you have opened multiple tabs, the Edge browser will get your confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs.Ask Before Closing Multiple Tabs Prompt – Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs for Edge 1Registry Settings for Edge Ask Before Closing Multiple TabsLet’s check the registry entries for Microsoft Edge, and You must be signed in as an administrator to apply to the registry.Settings Name Registry PathTypeValue NameValue DataGet user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabsHKLM or HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeREG_DWORDAskBeforeCloseEnabled00000001Windows Registry – Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft EdgeEnable Ask Before Closing Multiple Tabs in Edge Using Group PolicyThis policy lets you configure whether users see a confirmation dialog before closing a browser window with multiple tabs. This dialog asks users to confirm that the browser window can be closed. You can refer to the Microsoft Edge browser group policy post to update ADMX Templates to get the latest policies – Microsoft Edge ADMX Group Policy Settings.The following group policy helps to enable Ask Before Close Enabled for Microsoft Edge browsers – Launch Group Policy Management Console.Navigate Computers Configuration – Policies – Administrative Templates – Microsoft Edge.Open the policy setting called “Get user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs”Note – In

Local Group Policy Settings, You will locate the policy in Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Edge.AskBeforeCloseEnabled – Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft Edge 2On the Get user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs, Click on Enabled and Apply.NOTE! – If you enable this policy, users will be presented with a confirmation dialog when closing a browser window with multiple tabs. AskBeforeCloseEnabled – Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft Edge 3The following group policy helps to disable Ask Before Close Enabled for Microsoft Edge browsers – Launch Group Policy Management Console.Navigate Computers Configuration – Policies – Administrative Templates – Microsoft Edge.Open the policy setting called “Get user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs”Double click on Get user confirmation before closing a browser window with multiple tabs, Click on Disabled and Apply.NOTE! If you disable or don’t configure this policy, a browser window with multiple tabs will close immediately without user confirmation.Disabled – Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft Edge 4End Users Experience – AskBeforeCloseEnabledLaunch Microsoft Edge to validate the specified settings. Ensure you’re running with the latest edge version.Click on Appearance from the left-hand panel. On the right side, under the Customize browser, you can see the settings “Ask before closing a window with multiple tabs” tuned on based on specified configuration. End Users Experience – Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft Edge 5Once the settings are turned on, When you proceed to close the browser, you have multiple tabs open in Edge. A message will pop up asking Do you want to close all tabs? If you want to exit the browser, click the Close all button. If not, click on the Cancel button and continue browsing. End Users Experience – Enable Warning Prompt on Closing Multiple Tabs In Microsoft Edge 6Author

This article will help you in enabling warning or confirmation message before closing multiple tabs in Microsoft Edge web browser.In Microsoft Edge web browser, if you have multiple tabs opened and you accidentally click on Close (x) button present in title bar or you accidentally press Alt+F4 keys, the browser immediately closes all running tabs and doesn’t ask or confirm the action. It may result in data loss. You may lose all opened tabs and any data entered in online forms.In this article, we’ll discuss how to prevent Microsoft Edge from accidentally closing multiple tabs and how to force Edge to warn or confirm before quit/exit?“Warn on Close” (also known as “Warn on Quit” or “Warn on Exit”) multiple tabs is an essential feature which must be present in all web browsers. Unfortunately only a few popular browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi come with this feature.Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers don’t show any warning message or confirmation prompt when user clicks on Close button. Since both browsers are based on same Chromium engine, both provide similar functionality. Opera is an exception which is also based on Chromium engine but provides warn on close functionality as mentioned in this tutorial.We have discussed this issue in details in following articles:Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge don’t Confirm or Warn Before Closing Multiple Tabs[Tip] What To Do When You Accidentally Close Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Opera With Multiple Tabs OpenAt that time, it was not possible to enable this functionality in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers but now it’s possible at least in Microsoft Edge.Edge developer team has added a hidden preference/flag to Microsoft Edge browser which can be modified to bring this useful feature to the browser.Following screenshot shows warn on close message activated and live in action in Microsoft Edge web browser:As you can see in above image, Microsoft Edge is showing a message “Do you want to close all tabs?” when trying to close all running tabs.If you also want to add a warning or confirmation message before closing multiple tabs in Microsoft Edge web browser, following steps will help you:1. Open Microsoft Edge web browser and type edge://flags/ in addressbar and press Enter. It’ll open the advanced configuration or experiments page.2. Now type closing in the “Search flags” box.It’ll directly go to following option:Ask Before Closing Multiple TabsTo prevent accidentally closing multiple tabs, the browser can prompt if you want to close all tabs. You can turn this setting on or off in Settings and more (…) > Settings > Appearance > Customize browser. – Mac, Windows, Linux#edge-ask-before-closing-multiple-tabs3. To activate and enable warn on close tabs feature, set the above mentioned option to Enabled using the drop-down box.4. Microsoft Edge will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Restart” button to restart Microsoft Edge.That’s it. You have successfully activated warn on close multiple tabs feature in Microsoft Edge web browser. But you’ll need to enable the feature using Settings page.5. Click on