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ms.service: microsoft-edge
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no-loc: ["Autofill for Addresses", "Autofill for Passwords", Autofill for Payments", Browser Extensions", "Browser Task Manager", "Collections", "Continue-where-I-left-off prompt", "Downloads", "Edge Shopping", "Family Safety", "Favorites", "Hotkeys", "IE Mode" ,"Immersive Reader", "Intrusive Ads", "Read Aloud", "Smart Screen", "Translate", "Tracking Prevention", "Profile and Identity", "Web Payment API", "Windows Defender Application Guard","edge:// URLs"]
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ms.date: 11/14/2025
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# Differences between Microsoft Edge and WebView2
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* **Default state** indicates that the feature is part of the default experience on a new WebView2 instance.
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* **Configurable** indicates that you can turn on or off the feature using WebView2 APIs or command-line switches.
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> [!NOTE]
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> This article doesn't cover modifying features by using command-line switches. For more information about turning on and off features by using command-line switches, see [List of Chromium Command Line Switches](https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches).
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* This article doesn't cover turning a feature on or off by using a command-line switch. See [List of Chromium Command Line Switches](https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches).
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| Feature | Default state | Configurable | Details |
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| Immersive Reader | Off | No | This feature depends on the browser UI for interaction. This feature is turned off. |
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| Intrusive Ads | Off | No | This feature is turned off. |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts | Review Details | Review Details | The keyboard shortcuts that are turned off by default either don't make sense or cause problems in WebView2. You cannot turn these shortcuts off or on. Instead, you can listen for a key combination using the `AcceleratorKeyPressed` event and create a custom response if needed. For more information, see [Additional keyboard shortcuts information](#additional-keyboard-shortcuts-information). |
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| PDF Annotations | Off | No | This feature is turned off. The PDF viewing feature is enabled, but drawing, inking, and highlighting in a PDF aren't enabled. For more information, see [Disabling Feature: PDF Annotations Support](https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Announcements/issues/21). |
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| PDF Annotations | Off | No | This feature is turned off. The PDF viewing feature is enabled, but drawing, inking, and highlighting in a PDF aren't enabled. For more information, see [Disabling Feature: PDF Annotations Support](https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Announcements/issues/21). |
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| Mini menu | Off | No | This feature is turned off. |
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| Read Aloud | Off | No | This feature is turned off. |
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| Smart Screen | On`*` | No | `*` The UI for this feature has been removed, however the underlying functionality is still available. Additionally, you can turn off Smart Screen by using a command-line switch. |
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| Translate | Off | No | This feature is turned off. |
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| Tracking Prevention | On`*` | No | `*` The UI for this feature has been removed, however the underlying functionality is still available. Tracking prevention is always set to balanced. |
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| Visual search on image hover | Off | No | This feature is turned off.
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| Visual search on image hover | Off | No | This feature is turned off. |
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| Profile and Identity | Off | No | The feature that syncs your favorites, cookies, and so on, is turned off. |
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| Windows Defender Application Guard | Off | No | This feature is turned off. |
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| edge:// URLs | Review Details | No | Settings for the Microsoft Edge browser are on `edge://` URLs. Because most of these webpages have Microsoft Edge branding or don't make sense within the context of WebView2, some of these URLs are turned off. For more information, see [Blocked internal URLs](#blocked-internal-urls). |
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| Web Payment API | This feature is turned off. |
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| Periodic Background Sync | Periodic Background Sync events will never trigger. |
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## Blocked internal URLs
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