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Disable the new Discover button more easily

In Browser Tips in Issue 654, we explained how to get rid of the annoying Discover button that now appears in the top-right corner of Edge. This looks like the Bing logo and gives you easy access to the new AI-powered Bing Chat, but it’s easy to trigger by accident when you move your cursor over it. Our removal method involved editing the shortcut you use to launch the browser, but thankfully there’s now a simpler way to ditch Discover.

After users responded negatively to the new in our screenshot below) – or press Alt+F – and choose Settings, then Sidebar. In the ‘App and notification settings’ section, click Discover and switch off the option to ‘Show Discover’ .

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