How to stop sync in edge?

Anonymous
2022-11-08T10:29:21+00:00

Hi edge experts,

I use a MS account to sign into Microsoft products, but I use only in my laptop system. How to stop sync when not needed?

Thank you,

Nithin. R

Microsoft Edge | Profile, sync, and sign in | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-17T00:48:06+00:00

    I have to 'sign-in' for Excel, Word, etc. to work because I have "Microsoft 365". That also signs Edge into the account and starts syncing my favorites without my knowledge.

    I only notice it when my favorites get all screwed up and either aren't sorted alphabetically anymore, or worse, old favorites I deleted reappear. So fed up with Microsoft trying to spy on me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-17T20:29:47+00:00

    For those who do not have a registry structure of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge, you will need to do the following:

    3. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft

    3a. Right click on the Microsoft folder, a pop-up window appears.

    3b. Scroll down to the word "New", slide over to the word "Key" and left click on it.

    3c. This will create a new folder, which needs to be name "Edge".

    3d. Now follow the remaining instructions as Jacek Sandomierz has specified and it will work.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-19T00:40:19+00:00

    Same here

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-28T05:23:42+00:00

    Nope... as of March 2023, editing the registry with the above instructions does not work. There is no "Edge" sub folder, at least in Win10 there isn't.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T19:14:14+00:00

    Yeah - total data theft. There is no warning they are going to steal data from your chrome browser. Nor is there any way to get it back.

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