Hello everyone,
One of the reasons I use Edge is because it allows me to clear all browsing data on exit. The last time I checked, other browsers didn't allow you to use this. While I've always respected Microsoft for enabling this feature, I've often thought this would make Edge unpopular with websites who have goals of collecting user data. The setting to enable this is Settings | Privacy, search, and services | Choose what to clear every time you close the browser. On my system I ask it to clear everything.
I always assumed this was working but yesterday discovered, accidentally, that it is not. While accessing a website, I noticed that I didn't have to login. The website remembered my login credentials from the last time I used Edge. This should not have happened. I then investigated and found that some cookies (and presumably other data) were being retained, after closing Edge. What is interesting is that when I use the manual method ("Settings | Privacy, search, and services | Clear browsing data now") all of the browsing data is deleted.
Here are things that I've tried but haven't worked:
repair Edge
reset Edge
remove Edge as startup app
disable Edge apps running after Edge closes
enable Edge apps running after Edge closes
disable all extensions
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Anyone know a fix? My system is Windows 11, version 22H2
Thanks,
Minnesota Frank