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
    2020-10-11T22:25:36+00:00

    Can you confirm that logins to sites and apps other than those listed under the setting you changed also went missing before you changed it? The OP stated that the fault meant that he had to login every time to every website. If this is the case, then there is another bug to be tracked down and squashed.

    everything is working fine now after disabled the setting that Rich Alan mentioned previously.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-11T22:08:28+00:00

    MELERIX: ... is just a bug in Edge, not in Windows.

      

    Rich Alan:  Changing "Hosted App Data" from "clearing each time" to "not clearing each time" works for me.

      

    MELERIX: confirmed this fix works!

    Glad to see this problem is solved for you, but I don't quite understand what the bug is if all it takes to correct the fault is a change to a browser setting. 

    Can you confirm that logins to sites and apps other than those listed under the setting you changed also went missing before you changed it? The OP stated that the fault meant that he had to login every time to every website. If this is the case, then there is another bug to be tracked down and squashed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-11T19:45:31+00:00

    You're welcome.  Glad it worked for you also.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-11T19:41:37+00:00

    You can go back to Edge Legacy if you go into "Control Panel",  "uninstall a program", and uninstall Microsoft Edge. It will bring you back to Edge Legacy. After you uninstall it, reinstall it, all will be fixed! Windows Update will do it for you if you check for updates. The download that broke Edge won't be reinstalled.

    I tried this method.  I wasn't able to get Chromium Edge to appear in Windows Update after the uninstall but I installed it manually.  Sites did start remembering my logins but as soon as I started entering my settings, site logins were forgotten again after each close of the browser.  In my case, I think I traced it down to a setting in Choose What To Clear Each Time I Close The Browser...which is under Privacy, Search and Services - "Hosted App Data", which shows 1 app: Microsoft Store.  When I choose to clear that each time the browser closes, I lose my login info.  If I leave that off (not to clear), I retain my site logins.  Can anyone else try that setting and report back their findings?  Just changing this setting "may" work without the uninstall.

    THIS WORKED FOR ME!!

     I can't believe this, I never changed that setting to begin with, the update must have done something there??

    Anyways THANKS!!

    JIC anyone has trouble understanding, THIS is what Rich is talking about:

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