Enable IE Compatibility in Microsoft Edge

Jun 1, 2026

Enable IE Compatibility in Microsoft Edge

OVERVIEW: This article walks you through the process of enabling IE compatibility mode in Microsoft Edge. At the completion of this procedure, your certificate pickup link will be ready to proceed with certificate installation. 


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Guidelines

  1. Open up Microsoft Edge. On the upper right corner, click the ellipsis (three horizontal dots).

  2. In the menu bar, scroll down near the bottom of this list, then click on Settings.

  3. In the configuration page settings area, click Default browser.

  4. In the Internet Explorer Compatibility section. Set the Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode (IE mode), by selecting Allow from the drop down list.


    NOTE: Ignore the blue  Restart button for now.

  5. Click on Add a page. ​​​​
    NOTE: Copy the certificate pickup link sent to your email into your clipboard.

  6. In the Add a page popup window, paste the certificate pickup link URL sent to your email into the space provided, then click Add.

  7. Click on ⟲ Restart and wait for it to relaunch itself.

  8. After Edge browser reopens, paste the same certificate pickup link URL copied from your email into the space provided, then click Enter.

  9. Once the page loads, the blue Internet Explorer icon is displayed next to the address bar, and a notification banner confirms that the page is running in IE mode.

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