Microsoft’s Edge web browser has a pretty handy feature for online shoppers and those who want more control over how they interact with the internet. However, it’s not something that everyone knows about. Once you know where to find the Microsoft Edge Wallet, it’s easy to set up and even easier to use.
How to Find Microsoft Edge’s Wallet
No matter where you are in the Edge browser, your Microsoft Edge Wallet is easily accessible from your profile picture in the upper-left corner. That way, you don’t have to navigate back to the home page to find this tool. Just tap on your account icon.
From here, you can see the account that you are currently using, as well as any connected accounts, with your wallet in the middle. The biggest feature of your wallet from this view is the balance of Microsoft Reward Points (points that youearn by browsing with Edgeto spend on online perks). However, there’s a lot more than that to the Edge Wallet.
From this same view, you can also jump directly to the three main components of your Edge Wallet: payment methods, passwords, and personal info. All of these are indicated by icons right of the wordWalletso that you can navigate them directly. You can also click the wordWalletto see everything that this feature has to offer.
What Can Your Microsoft Edge Wallet Do?
Your Edge Wallet can do a lot, including manage passwords and payment methods, reward points and online coupons, and even help you plan your next trip. While some people will probably never use some of the features included in their Edge Wallet, others could come in handy every day.
1. Manage Your Microsoft Reward Points
From the home page of your wallet,your Microsoft Rewardspoints get a pretty big tile near the top of the page. This tile has two smaller buttons:RedeemandEarn Rewards.
2. Managing Payment Methods, Memberships, and Passwords
Beneath these tiles, another tile has buttons forPayment methods,Memberships, andPasswords.
3. Manage Tickets
UnderneathMembershipson the column menu on the left, selectTicketsto view tickets that you’ve purchased through Bing Travel. This can help you make sure that your trip is planned from one end to the other by ensuring that you have all the tickets that you need, but viewing them all in one place can also help you plan the details in between those tickets.
4. Donate to Charities
Use theDonationoption in the column on the left to give to charities. You can use either the balance in your Wallet, your entered payment methods, or your reward points.
Microsoft presents a selection of suggested charities, but you can also use the search bar at the top of the page to search for your favorite charity. Edge also tracks your donations over time.
How to Fine-Tune Your Experience With the Microsoft Edge Wallet
The bottom option of that column menu on the left is how you access theSettingsfor your Edge Wallet. This is a single control panel to access settings that are individually accessible throughout the other feature pages of the wallet.
If this article has described tools you like and tools you don’t you can manage most of them directly from theSettingspage rather than taking a tour through each tool individually. The settings are all presented as a series of straightforward buttons.
Is Microsoft Edge’s Wallet the Only Digital Wallet You Need?
The concept of a digital wallet is arguably rooted in language that Microsoft is borrowing from the Web3 world. There, a digital wallet describes a packet of virtual assets that allows us to travel through the web as simply as we travel through the world. If you’re interested in other Web3 concepts like decentralization, the Edge Wallet isn’t for you. Otherwise, it’s a great way to get at the utility aspect.
