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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.
how can microsofts do this?
this complete garbage browser that no one wants. just to improve the revenues and try to get the data from chrome they take over the bookmarks from chrome without asking.
As if all the Microsoft products weren't already full of garbage like "onedrive" that constantly asks you if you want to store your data in the cloud.
I hate it. I will never use Edge, on principle. Get rid of this bad browser.
WE DON'T WANT IT.
The setting to turn off automatic importing is either unavailable or in a different location. This is a massive flaw, and needs to be fixed. Some of use purposefully keep separate browsers between work and home to maintain separation of data. All of my personal passwords and sites are now on my work browser, so if either of my password managers are breached, I'm vulnerable. Thanks MS! Worst browsers ever made.
This broke my browser usage and flow. I hope someone is fired over this.
Doesn't work for me. It does not offer an option to turn it off. This is incredibly frustrating. I want to keep access separate for a number of reasons. Copying passwords over increases the chances of an exposure. I've managed to delete most of the copied passwords... I had to go through because there are some I actually use with Edge, and Edge alone. I deleted all the "selected items" that were offered to be copied...except even then, I couldn't delete them all. So I left one item to be copied. Stop doing things for us.