Learn the essential steps to add the Grammarly extension to Microsoft Edge. This guide helps you boost your productivity with professional writing and grammar.

Introduction

This comprehensive guide walks you through the step-by-step procedure to add the Grammarly extension to Microsoft Edge.

Open the Edge browser and click the three dots, as illustrated in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1: Edge Extension Dashboard Screen
Figure 1: Edge Extension Dashboard Screen

Click on the Extensions menu from the dropdown, as illustrated in Figure 1 above, and a pop-up screen will appear, as shown in Figure 2 below.

Figure 2: Edge Extension Dashboard Pop-up Screen
Figure 2: Edge Extension Dashboard Pop-up Screen

Click the Open Microsoft Edge Add-ons Website link from the pop-up, as illustrated in Figure 2, and you will be redirected to the Edge Add-ons dashboard, as shown in Figure 3 below.

Figure 3: Edge Add-ons Dashboard Screen
Figure 3: Edge Add-ons Dashboard Screen

Click the search icon and type ‘Grammarly’; you will find the extension list in the dropdown list, as illustrated in Figure 4 below.

Figure 4: Edge Add-ons Dashboard Search Screen
Figure 4: Edge Add-ons Dashboard Search Screen

Click the link ‘Grammarly: Grammar Checker and AI Writing App’, as illustrated in Figure 4 above. You will be redirected to the ‘Grammarly’ extension dashboard page, as shown in Figure 5 below.

Figure 5: Edge Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen
Figure 5: Edge Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen

Click the Get button, as illustrated in Figure 5 above, and Edge will ask you for permission to install the extension for you, as shown in Figure 6 below.

Figure 6: Edge Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen
Figure 6: Edge Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen

Click the Add Extension button in the pop-up screen, as illustrated in Figure 6 above, and Edge will first download and then install the extension for you. Once installed, you will be redirected to the activation page, as illustrated in Figure 7 below.

Click the Agree and Sign up button, as illustrated in Figure 7 below. Enter your email address to sign up. You can also use your Google, Facebook, or Apple IDs for single sign-on.

Figure 7: Edge Grammarly Extension Activation Screen
Figure 7: Edge Grammarly Extension Activation Screen

After successful sign-on, you will be redirected to the dashboard, where you can customize the services, as illustrated in Figure 8 below.

Figure 8: Edge Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen
Figure 8: Edge Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen

You can also click the Grammarly extension icon from the browser's top right side to open the manage screen pop-up, as illustrated in Figure 8 above.

Conclusion

As you can see, installing the Grammarly browser extension to Microsoft Edge is incredibly simple and only takes a few clicks. You can also install this free Grammarly browser extension to Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, the steps are nearly identical. This will help your writing be more grammatically correct.

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