Edge is sharing Chrome site logins. How do I prevent this?

Anonymous
2022-01-27T17:33:41+00:00

Hello,

I have a site where I have two accounts. I used to be able to have one of them logged in with Edge and one with Chrome, then by running the right browser, I could be logged in with the right profile.

Now, Edge seems to have started copying the login across from Chrome, i.e. I can't separate them. Logging in on Chrome logs in with the same credentials on Edge which isn't what I want.

How do I turn this off so that each browser can log in with different credentials and stay logged in with those credentials? I've found lots of stuff about syncing my MS account across devices, but this is on one single device and two browsers that I want to be completely unrelated.

Thanks.

Microsoft Edge | Profile, sync, and sign in | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-14T22:22:43+00:00

    I'm going through the same thing. It's frustrating. I use Edge as my primary and Chrome as secondary browser. All the accounts I log into on Chrome get transferred to Edge shortly after, and the accounts that are in Edge get logged out and replaced with the same ones from Chrome. It doesn't make sense for them to do this. It's a security flaw because it's logging into the accounts without even asking for my permission.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-22T13:21:53+00:00

    Amazing. It worked! Great job, and thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-17T20:40:03+00:00

    It works! Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-22T11:13:03+00:00

    Yes it looks like there is a default setting to sync your profile from google chrome. This copies the cookies from a chrome profile into edge on start up, hence the additional logged in google accounts. Thanks to @mysterychemical for finding that.

    edge://settings/profiles/importBrowsingData/importOnLaunch

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    I deactivated it. Edge still uses Chrome cookies and logins.

    So, how to delete Edge forever?

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