Microsoft is now adding a new personalization feature to Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser. The new feature will allow you to apply custom accent color to the browser window. As this feature is still under preview, it's hidden under an experimental flag. You must enable the feature to show up on the browser settings page.

 

With the latest Edge Canary build 89.0.731.0 or newer, you can turn ON the new accent themes feature. Here we will show you how to enable the feature and apply the accent color theme.

 

 

Microsoft Edge is getting a new accent themes feature

 

How to enable the accent themes feature of Microsoft Edge?

  1. Open the Microsoft Edge browser, and navigate to the edge://flags page.
  2. Search for the "Enable picker for color based themes" feature and turn it ON.
  3. Now restart the browser for the changes to take effect.

 

How to apply the new accent color to Microsoft Edge?

  1. Once you have enabled the accent themes feature, open the Microsoft Edge browser.
  2. Then navigate to the Settings | Appearance tab.
  3. Now, as shown in the following screenshot, select the Accent color that you want to set as a browser theme.

 

How to apply the new accent color to Microsoft Edge?


Kunal Chowdhury

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Solution Architect & Former Microsoft MVP

Kunal Chowdhury is an enterprise solution architect and former multi-year Microsoft MVP. He is the author of three technical books: Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, Mastering Visual Studio 2017, and the Mastering Visual Studio 2019.

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