Starting this morning, Edge does not remember logins to any website

Anonymous
2020-10-10T13:52:48+00:00

Starting this morning, every time I close Edge and reopen it, it doesn't remember any of my login so I have to login every time to every website.

I confirmed my setting is set to NOT clear cookies when I close my browser and it has always been this way.  I have never had this issue until this morning.

A features update was installed this morning and that's when this problem started.  Is there a bug with this update?  I'm running Windows 10 and Edge Version 86.0.622.38.  As you can imagine, it is quite annoying having to login to every time to every website.  

Update-There must be a bug because other people on Reddit are starting to report the same issue.

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Anonymous
2021-01-08T20:46:00+00:00

Hi folks, 

The original topic of this thread (Microsoft Edge not remembering logins) has been resolved. Make sure you've updated to the latest version of Edge to get the fix! I'm locking this thread as it is becoming difficult to moderate and troubleshoot individual issues, and this thread has turned in to a catch-all for all password issues. 

If you are still seeing issues with Edge not remembering passwords and all other programs are remembering your logins as expected, please start a new thread so we can help you individually. 

If you are seeing system-wide issues with passwords being saved:

• Check your Windows version to confirm if you are on Build 19041.173 or later

• If yes, reference this troubleshooting document Outlook and other apps won't remember password after Windows Updates - Outlook (microsoft.com) Note that this is a workaround until this Windows issue is patched.

-Alex

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-17T22:12:08+00:00

    Now, each and every time I go to a website, I have to log in all over again.  

    This is a recent known problem for some users. So far two, possibly related, bugs have been found that have this effect. Please see these posts for possible remedies:

    Thread "Starting this morning, Edge does not remember logins to any website" page 1: Missy Quarry's reply on October 12, 2020

    Thread "Starting this morning, Edge does not remember logins to any website" page 1: ¡Firedog's reply on October 17, 2020

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-17T20:40:29+00:00

    Hello,

    Until a week ago or so, whenever I opened frequently used websites, Edge kept my log in information for those websites and kept me logged in.  Now, each and every time I go to a website, I have to log in all over again.  Edge does remember my credentials, but I still have to log in every time.  I used to be able to click on a link to NY Times in Outlook (I am subscribed to NY Times), and go right to the article, now when I click on the article, NY Times makes me log in, I have to click on my credentials, then I can read the article.  Every time.  This is for all sites, even Amazon which I used to be able to select "keep me logged in" and I wouldn't have to do the secondary phone code log in.  Now I can't look at Amazon unless my phone is handy.

    Can anyone help?

    I am a knowledgeable computer USER, but I don't know much about adjusting programs to make them work, so please answer for a beginner.  

    Thank you!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-17T14:14:48+00:00

    Hey Sumit,

    Yep, that's the little devil causing the problem. Enabled everything again except for "Cookies and other site data" and, as per your suggestion, left "Hosted app data" disabled and... voilà, that did the trick. 

    Thank you so much for your prompt and very helpful reply.

    Cheers... Jim

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  4. SD - IA 179K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-10-17T13:44:20+00:00

    Hi Jim,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    Yes, there are reports of the same. There are variations of the errors - where one is browser wide and the other is system-wide.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsofted...

    Hey, everyone! I'm the Community Manager for the Edge team. I wanted to hop in and let y'all know that the team is investigating what's going on here. In the meantime, we suggest that you head to edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose and ensure that Hosted app data is NOT selected, as a temporary workaround. This should ensure that you stay signed into your websites.

    I'll reach out with an update once I hear from the team again. We appreciate your patience while we work on getting this resolved. :3

    If it is as it is,

    Right-click Start and choose Windows Powershell(admin).

    Copy and paste the following:

    Get-ScheduledTask | foreach { If ((xml).GetElementsByTagName("LogonType").'#text' -eq "S4U") { $_.TaskName } }

    If you get an apps list, you need to disable them in the task scheduler and see if the issue is resolved.

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