

The tab will un-fade and your content will be immediately available. To resume a sleeping tab, click/tap on it like a normal tab. Sleeping tabs will fade to indicate they’ve released resources. The sleeping tabs feature in Microsoft Edge makes background tabs sleep after two hours of inactivity by default in order to free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other applications on your device.


With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features, it’s the only browser you’ll ever need. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020.
