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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-30T18:43:20+00:00

    I have similar experiences with Edge, on site logins, open Edge and find that I am logged on in Google with other account I neve used in Edge.

    Then I find out that all passwords was synchronized from Chrome, manually deleted all accounts. After a day Find out that still Edge use Chrome information, site logins etc.

    I check all settings in Edge, and find new settings that wasn't exist before this issue.

    Import browser data on each launch

    I did not agree or set settings during installation on import or seamless use of Chrome and Edge, I use it for different tasks.

    It seams Microsoft is forcing users to use Edge in such not ordinary way.

    Chrome and Edge are current release channel versions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-24T17:58:35+00:00

    Same here.. tried all the suggestions listed here and nothing.

    Ultimately, ended up hitting the "reset to default" in settings and the issue went away.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-19T09:28:38+00:00

    It’s not an at-startup syncing that’s causing it, at least for me. If I sign out and sign in to a different account in Chrome, as soon as I hit refresh in edge it shows the same, new account signed in.

    If the problem occurs again, I’ll try that. I’m curious and I’ve just reinstalled Chrome but it’s OK so far…

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-18T17:39:52+00:00

    It’s not an at-startup syncing that’s causing it, at least for me. If I sign out and sign in to a different account in Chrome, as soon as I hit refresh in edge it shows the same, new account signed in.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-18T17:28:47+00:00

    This issue was bothering me allot as well. Here's what I did to fix the issue in Edge Browser:

    Edge Browser:

    1. Goto Settings -> Profiles

    edge://settings/profiles

    Click Import browser data -> Choose what to import

    Unchecked all the options and checked only personal info

    1. Stay on profiles: edge://settings/profiles

    Click Import browser data on each launch -> Click Turn Off

    1. Clear cookies and browsing history

    Goto Settings -> Privacy -> Clear Browsing Data

    edge://settings/privacy

    Click choose what to clear -> Select All Time -> Select All Options -> Click Clear Now

    1. Restart your Edge Browser

    Thanks. It’s hard for me to try this currently as I uninstalled Chrome too for other reasons, but I plan to reinstall it so I will try it then it the problem reoccurs.

    @¡Firedog, another explanation occurred to me when I read that. Edge doesn’t need to share the sessions for this to happen. If it does the transfer when it starts ever single time it starts, you’d get something similar. I’m now questioning whether logging in in Edge affected Chrome or if it was just one way. Unfortunately I’m not currently in a position to try it.

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