Browsing the web often spans multiple tabs, sessions, and days. Keeping track of tasks can be overwhelming. Copilot Journeys transform your browser into a smart assistant that helps you resume tasks and move forward efficiently. It automatically organizes your browsing data into meaningful groups called Journeys, each with a quick summary and suggested next step. With Journeys, you can continue where you left off without losing track of your progress.
How Copilot Journeys works
While you browse, Copilot creates a short summary of your page content that captures the essence of what you view. For example, Copilot might summarize a page with a pizza recipe as a "Step-by-step guide to making pizza from scratch, including dough recipes and topping suggestions”.
That summary, along with related page titles, URLs, searches, and Copilot chats, is used to create a task-focused group called a Copilot Journey. Each Journey reflects a task in progress, so you can pick up quickly where you left off without losing context.
Copilot Journeys are constantly replaced with new ones to remain fresh and relevant. Older Journeys and their underlying data are automatically deleted after 14 days.
Using Copilot Journeys
This feature is not on by default. To turn it on, enable Copilot new tab page and Journeys in Microsoft Edge by visiting Settings > Copilot and AI > Copilot in Edge > Journeys. You can disable the feature using the same controls.
After you have turned on Journeys, it will work in the background while you browse. After you have some browsing activity, you will see new Journeys appear as cards at the bottom of your Edge new tab page. Up to three Journey cards will appear at a time. Each card displays a quick summary and a suggested next step,
Clicking on a card will open a chat with Microsoft Copilot. There, Copilot will facilitate continuing the same task you were working on before by summarizing information, comparing options, building a plan, and so on.
Getting started quickly with Journeys
If you're new to Microsoft Edge or just signed in, you may not have enough browsing history yet for Journeys to organize. There are two quick paths to get started.
Import browsing history from another browser
If you’re new to Microsoft Edge and have limited browsing history, Journeys may prompt you to import recent history from another browser on your device.
If you choose to import:
- Only recent browsing history is used to create your first Journeys.
- Imported history is added to your Edge browsing history and may be used by other Edge features, just like any other browsing data.
You can skip this step and allow Journeys to build from your new browsing activity instead.
Use your existing Edge browsing history
If you already have browsing history in Microsoft Edge but are new to the Journeys feature, Copilot may offer to use your recent Edge browsing activity to create your first journey cards. This allows you to see relevant journeys without waiting for new browsing sessions to accumulate.
What data is used
To create your first Journeys, Copilot uses URLs and page titles from your recent browsing history.
- Copilot does not access the full content of previously visited pages.
- A multi-layered filtering system is applied to exclude sensitive sites and personal information (see How Copilot Journeys uses your data).
How often this happens
This is a one-time process. After your initial journeys are created, the feature works on an ongoing basis using your new browsing activity, as described above under How Copilot Journeys works.
Your choice
You are always in control. During setup, you can choose not to import history or use existing browsing data. If you skip this step, Journeys will generate cards from your new browsing activity as it accumulates. Check back soon for your first journeys to appear.
Syncing Journeys across devices
When History sync is on, Copilot Journeys data is synced across your signed-in devices so they all generate and display the same Journeys. When History sync is off, Journeys are built locally on each device and will not sync across devices.
To manage your sync preferences, go to Edge Settings > Profiles > Sync. The Journeys sync state is also shown under Edge Settings > Copilot and AI > Copilot in Edge > Journeys.
How Copilot Journeys uses your data
Copilot Journeys are designed to help you stay organized while keeping your privacy in mind. It only uses the information it needs to build helpful cards for a task. When you enable Journeys, it may access the following:
- Page metadata and content: The page title, URL, and non-sensitive content from sites you visit.
- Dwell time: The length of time you spend on a site. This helps Copilot evaluate which sites may be important to you.
- Copilot chats: When you use Copilot in Edge, your conversations may be used to create more helpful Journeys.
- Navigation context: Copilot will consider how your visited sites connect through their links, search paths, and sequential flow.
To help include only safe and useful information, Copilot Journeys use a multi-layered filtering system to ensure generated cards are privacy-safe:
- Excluded data: When generating summaries, Journeys excludes sensitive sites (for example, banking and healthcare) and personal information (emails, account numbers, IDs, or other information used to sign-in to services), and sensitive topics (medical records or adult content). Any activity when browsing using InPrivate or Guest Mode is also excluded automatically.
- Secure AI processing: Non-sensitive content is sent to Microsoft’s secure services to create short summaries and cards. This data is encrypted and securely stored. It is never used to train AI models or in advertising. Learn more about the types of data that may be used for advertising.
How to manage the data used by Copilot Journeys
You can control the data collected by Copilot Journeys in the following ways:
- Browsing history: To prevent Journeys from using your browsing history, clear your browsing history in Edge Settings.
- Collected data: To erase everything Copilot Journeys has collected, turn off the feature in Edge Settings. When Journeys is turned off, Edge stops collecting data right away and deletes any information previously stored to create them.
Availability and sync
- Microsoft Edge on Windows and Mac, signed in with a personal Microsoft account.
- Microsoft Edge on iOS and Android; signed in with a personal Microsoft account.
- Device sync applies to PCs at 5.7.26. Mobile sync is not yet supported.