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I do not use Microsoft Edge. After this mornings snafu with Defender I decided to open Edge to make sure that it was up to date. No it wasn't. So after updating Edge and restarting it, without my permission Microsoft decided to import all my bookmarks and favorites from Chrome?. What is going on at Microsoft?
when you install windows it's the default browser. Then when you go to download Chrome they give you all this **** about how great Edge is. Then unlike before you have to change every default permissions manually to Chrome.
Now they go and Import all my stuff from Chrome WITHOUT ASKING? Then after importing everything you have to go to settings to tell EDGE not to do that....Couldn't this behavior trigger a lawsuit or something like it did in Europe? Ha Ha Behavior...wasn't that their big SNAFU this morning?
ranting and raving done...
have a great day
Managing bookmarks, browsing history, and downloads in Edge on Windows 11
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Hello,
This feature can be deactivated in the settings menu. To do this click on the ellipsis(...) top right > Settings > Profiles > Import browser data > Import browser data from Google Chrome on each launch > Turn off.
Hello,
This feature can be deactivated in the settings menu. To do this click on the ellipsis(...) top right > Settings > Profiles > Import browser data > Import browser data from Google Chrome on each launch > Turn off.
Why was this even "turned on" in the first place?
I use Edge to keep my professional browsing habits and bookmarks separated from my personal ones.
With barely any warning at all it just went ahead and ripped everything across from my "personal" Chrome profile.
My Edge profile now has all kind of bookmarks and data that I don't want to do with it.
It asked me when I first opened Edge if I wanted to import this data, and I selected **No.**That 100% should have been the end of it.
Now I have to go through and clean up 300+ bookmarks.
Totally ridiculous.
EDIT: Okay I stand corrected, following the above steps cleared this data off automatically.
This is still a completely ridiculous feature that should be OFF by default, especially as Edge already asked me about this the first time I used it.
Same thing also happend to me today, without asking, I just got popups about new extensions installed in Edge and I found that also bookmarks got imported.
What a shame for such a big company browser to do such malicious things.
these mf did the same to me with all my stuff, what in the actual f**** is this breach of my private life being broken for what porpose?! GET THE TEAM AND TELL THEM TO STOP DOING THIS TUMOR STUFF
That sounds like what I experienced. Unraveling the extensions, passwords, bookmarks, etc. was impossible for me; I ended up doing a full system restore from a backup I'd made a week before it happened. I also disabled Windows Update for the maximum period, which was around a month. This unexpected and unwanted import into Edge happened a few months back and it hasn't happened since. I have no idea why it happened, but it would be helpful if Microsoft would enlighten us all; obviously, something is amiss somewhere.
Always make sure you take regular backups. I use a product called Macrium Reflect which has worked well for me for a long time. I purchased the product, but they also offer a free version that allows a full backup.
Good luck.