How to print webpages with Edge’s new Clutter-free printing option

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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TheSpring Creators Update(or Redstone 4) is the latest update for Windows 10 that is rolling out from April 2018. The update revamps Edge in various ways. One of the new options the updated Edge includes isClutter-free printing. That enables users to print out website pages without any ads included.

AClutter-free printingoption is something all browsers should include. Some webpages are full of superfluous ads and images that waste lots of printer ink. Consequently, there are numerousextensions for Chromeand Firefox that enable users to strip down page content. With those extensions, you can edit pages before printing them out.

Edge users will not need any extension to remove ads from pages after theSpring Creators Update. However, you will need the updated Edge to select that option. As the Redstone 4 update has only just started rolling out, few Edge users will find aClutter-free printingoption in the browser at the moment. However, those users registered on theWindows Insider Programcan now select the browser’sClutter-free printingoption.

How to enable clutter free printing in Edge

To select theClutter-free printingoption, open a page in Edge to print. Click theSettings and morebutton to open the browser’s menu. Then clickPrintto open the window below, which includes a page preview.

The latest Edge version includes aClutter-free printingoption directly under theHeadings and footersetting. You can select On from theClutter-free printingdrop-down menu. Edge provides a preview of the stripped down website page within the preview window. Then you can pressPrintto print out the page without ads in it.

If you can’t wait for the Spring Creators Update, add the PrintFriendly and PDF extension to Edge. That’s an extension that you can delete page content with before printing. Press theGet the appbutton onthis webpageto add PrintFriendly and PDF to Edge.

Then you can press aPrintFriendly and PDFbutton on Edge’s toolbar. Open a page to edit in the browser, and press thePrintFriendly and PDFbutton to open the editor shown in the snapshot directly below. Hover the cursor over ads and images and click the dustbin icon to erase them. After editing the page, you can press thePrintbutton on the editor window.

Clutter-free printingis just one of the handy new options Microsoft has added to its flagship browser with the Redstone 4 update. The new Edge will also includeMute taband save EPUB book options. For the full lowdown on what is new in the updated Edge, check out this post.

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