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
    2023-03-06T15:03:19+00:00

    Same problem here. How to stop that?

    I do not want Edge to log my Chrome sessions in and out.

    Anyway for security reasons, how to stop that?

    Only solution to deinstall Edge?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-07T02:53:45+00:00

    This is a humongous problem and deleting the cache does not solve it. Edge is sharing session info with Chrome and, if this cannot be fixed, I can't use Edge. This is my core use case for Edge and this kind of surprise behavior is intolerable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-12T04:51:07+00:00

    Solution! Please follow these simple steps (I didn't find it anywhere just used the logic that browser uses when installing and importing data from other browsers).

    1. Go to Edge Settings.
    2. Go to Import Browser Data.
    3. On Option Google Chrome, there is Edit Preferences. Go there and just Turn Off that feature OFF.

    That's it.

    Note - This is a handy feature to be able to sync with other browsers(especially Google Chrome). But, turning it ON by default and no any notification to the Edge users that Sync is ON is a bummer from Microsoft side.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-22T09:29:39+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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  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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