Users can control media playback in Edge browser from the background using media keys with the help of this feature. There is no need to access Microsoft Edge and go to that particular tab where music/video is playing to control the media. This feature remains enabled by default. If it is not useful for you and you want to disable this feature, then you do this with some simple steps covered in this post. You can also enable this feature again anytime.
Disable Hardware Media Key Handling in Edge browser
Here are the steps to disable Hardware Media Key Handling: Launch the Edge browser using the Search box, desktop shortcut, or Start menu. Now open the flags page of Microsoft Edge. For that, type about://flags or edge://flags in Microsoft Edge’s address bar, and then press the Enter key. If the flags page is disabled, then you need to enable it first. You will see the list of all experimental features. Use the search box to find the Hardware Media Key Handling feature. For that feature, you will see a drop-down box. Click on that box and select the Disabled option.
Finally, press the Restart button to apply the changes. This will disable or turn off the Hardware Media Key Handling option in the Edge browser. Now media keys won’t work to control media playing in Microsoft Edge.
To turn on or enable this feature again, follow the above steps, select the Default or Enabled option for the Hardware Media Key Handling feature, and re-launch the Edge browser. Now you can use this feature again. Hope this will be helpful.
