Search and ‘Find on Page’ in Edge browser on Android

Microsoft Edge on Android has a Find on Page bar that highlights every match as you type. Open it from the bottom More menu, enter a word or phrase, and use the arrows to jump between matches.

If the option is missing, update Edge from the Play Store, force-close the app, and swipe up inside the More menu. Find on Page cannot read text inside images or scanned PDFs, but it does search real page text and PDF text opened in Edge.

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Open Find on Page in Edge Browser on Android

Reading a long page in Edge on Android and need one word? The Find on Page bar highlights every match in yellow as you type. Here’s the quick path to search and use Find on Page in Edge browser on Android.

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app on your Android phone.
2. Open the page you want to search through.
3. Tap the More menu in the bottom toolbar.
4. Tap Find on Page from the menu list.
5. Type the word or phrase into the search bar at the top of the screen.
6. Use the up and down arrows next to the bar to jump between matches.

Tap the X on the right end of the search bar to close Find on Page and return to normal browsing. You’ll know it worked when the yellow highlights appear as you type and the counter updates.

Find on Page Missing in the Edge Android Menu? Try These Fixes

Can’t see Find on Page in the menu? Edge has reshuffled the toolbar layout a few times since 2024, so the option can sit in different spots depending on your version. Run these checks before you give up.

1. Update Microsoft Edge from the Google Play Store if an update is available.
2. Force-close Edge from the recent apps screen, then reopen the page and try again.
3. Swipe up inside the bottom More menu. The current Edge menu can spill Find on Page onto a second page of options.
4. Check that the bottom toolbar actually has a More button. On older builds the same icon sat in the top-right corner instead.

If Find on Page still doesn’t appear, the page itself may be blocking in-page search. That’s rare for plain HTML but common on some single-page apps.

What the Find on Page Bar Can and Can’t Do

Once the bar opens, you can do more than read yellow highlights. A small counter next to the arrows tells you how many times your word appears on the page.

The arrows move one match at a time. That helps on long pages because you skip past the sections that don’t matter. Edge remembers the last search term until you close the bar, so you don’t have to retype it after a scroll.

Find on Page cannot match text inside images or scanned PDFs. It does search text inside PDFs opened in Edge, but a scanned PDF is a picture. If the counter shows 0, double-check the spelling and make sure the word isn’t inside a photo. Long-press a word in Edge to spell-check it before searching.

If you often open pages in InPrivate mode, the same Find on Page bar works there. It only highlights matches in the current tab. You can also learn how to open new tabs and InPrivate tabs in Edge on Android if you want to keep separate browsing sessions.

Bottom Line

Need to search a page quickly? Find on Page in Edge browser on Android lives behind the bottom More menu. Open it, type a word, and use the arrows to step through every match.

If you also want to control what the address bar uses, you can change the default search engine in Edge on Android. On a computer, the same feature is at Find on Page in Edge on a computer with the Ctrl + F or Cmd + F shortcut.

If you prefer not to keep search terms in Edge after you use them, you can clear search term history in Edge on Android.

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