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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.
Yes I have had the same issue. After an update, it did not request permission to turn on this feature, it just automatically turned it on and imported. Passwords, history, bookmarks, cookies & payment info imported, all without permission, this is a huge security flaw for Microsoft. I understand there's a way to turn this feature off, but the feature was turned ON without my knowledge on an update, the damage is already done.
This is the third time this has happened to me. And since Chrome is so messed up when it comes to bookmarks (creating multiple copies of bookmarks), this makes the task of fixing this issue so much harder. Not to mention, finding and reorganizing the bookmarks I want!
I'm really tired of Microsoft making updates that they think are improvements, when they are most definitely not!
I am not a happy camper!
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Yeah, super ridiculous how it's implemented. Automatically wipes out your stuff (favorites/passwords/settings/themes/etc.) if you have an "empty" Default profile because most users prefer to never sign in a profile to Edge. They made the inane decision to Turn on "import" profile by default. If you do sign in a microsoft account profile, then I think it's turned off but they still have it ready to just suddenly import everything from Chrome if you so much as look at it funny.
All is not lost, you might still have a bookmarks.bak file in your User Data folders (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default) if you haven't opened and closed Edge too much since you discovered they've over written your data.
Awful feature, awful decision-making by the Edge team.