How to Find My User Agent in Edge

How do I find my user agent in Microsoft Edge?

Press F12 to open DevTools, click the Console tab, type navigator.userAgent, and press Enter. You can also type edge://version in the address bar to see your full User Agent string along with other version details.

Method 1: Edge DevTools Console (Fastest)

Since Edge is Chromium-based, its DevTools work identically to Chrome's. The keyboard shortcuts are the same.

Press F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I (Mac: Cmd+Option+I )

Method 2: edge://version (No DevTools)

Like Chrome's chrome://version, Edge has its own built-in version page with the full user agent string.

This page also shows the Edge version, Chromium version, V8 engine version, and OS information. Works on Edge for Android too.

Method 3: Network Conditions (View & Override)

Override your Edge user agent temporarily to test how websites respond to different browsers — identical to Chrome's method.

Under User agent , uncheck "Use browser default"

Method 4: Online User Agent Checker

Works on all platforms including Edge for Android and iOS:

How to Identify Edge in a User Agent String

The key challenge with Edge is distinguishing it from Chrome, since both are Chromium-based and share most UA tokens. Here's the identifier for each platform:

Edge & User-Agent Client Hints

Since Edge is Chromium-based, it fully supports the modern User-Agent Client Hints API. This is the recommended way to detect Edge programmatically:

Client Hints provide a clean, structured way to identify Edge without parsing the user agent string. The brands array explicitly lists "Microsoft Edge" alongside "Chromium".

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find my user agent in Microsoft Edge?

Press F12 to open DevTools, click the Console tab, type navigator.userAgent, and press Enter. You can also type edge://version in the address bar to see your full User Agent string along with other version details.

What does Edge's user agent string look like?

A typical Edge UA string is: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/131.0.2903.86. Edge appends 'Edg/' (note: no 'e' at the end) to distinguish itself from Chrome.

Why does Edge's user agent say Chrome and Safari?

Edge is built on Chromium (since 2020), so it shares the same rendering engine as Chrome. The UA includes 'Chrome/' for Chromium compatibility and 'Safari/' for historical WebKit compatibility. Edge adds 'Edg/' at the end as its unique identifier.

How do I tell Edge apart from Chrome by user agent?

Look for the 'Edg/' token at the very end of the user agent string. Chrome does NOT have this token. Edge uses 'Edg/' (without the trailing 'e'), while the legacy EdgeHTML-based Edge used 'Edge/' (with the 'e'). This difference helps identify the browser version.

Can I change my user agent in Edge?

Yes. Open DevTools (F12), click the three-dot menu → More tools → Network conditions. Under User agent, uncheck 'Use browser default' and select a preset or enter a custom string. Like Chrome, this only affects the current tab and resets when DevTools closes.

Does Edge support User-Agent Client Hints?

Yes. Edge supports navigator.userAgentData since it's Chromium-based (Edge 90+). You can use navigator.userAgentData.brands to get [{brand: 'Microsoft Edge', version: '131'}, {brand: 'Chromium', version: '131'}]. High-entropy values are also available via getHighEntropyValues().

How do I check my user agent on Edge mobile?

On Edge for Android, type edge://version in the address bar. On Edge for iOS, visit an online tool like SnapWhatIsMy.com. Edge on iOS uses 'EdgiOS/' in its UA string (uses WebKit due to Apple's requirements), while Edge on Android uses 'EdgA/' and is Chromium-based.