How to Enable Inspect Element in Microsoft Edge

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Open the Inspect Element tool in Edge

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Last Updated: February 28, 2025

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Enabling from Secret Settings

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Inspect Element is a characteristic in a browser that allows a user to implement different tasks on a website's URL. These can include alteration of the website, website monitoring, permitting experimental browser tools to work, etc. Inspect Element (or Developer Tools) is an advanced browser feature, and should be used with caution.

Using Inspect Element in Edge Browser

To use Inspect Element on Microsoft Edge, navigate to any web page. Right-click anywhere on the web page and click Inspect at the bottom of the pop-up menu.

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Enabling from Secret Settings

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Open Microsoft Edge. By default, the Microsoft Edge icon is visible on the taskbar. It's the blue "e" sign.
- Alternatively, you can run it from the search bar.
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Access Microsoft Edge's secret settings. Secret settings (or flags) can be viewed in Microsoft Edge by entering about:flags in the browser's search bar.

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Enable View mode and Inspect Element. By clicking the first box, "Show View source and Inspect Element in context menu", there will now be extra available options, if the right mouse button is clicked anywhere in a website. Changes don't have to be saved.