Microsoft Edge
Official Edge browser features, downloads and synchronisation information.
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Review browser permissions
Inspect site permissions, extensions and synchronisation for your intended use.
Check first: Test an important site after changes to global settings.
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Identify the account before comparing two devices
- Edge account
- Identify the synchronization context.
- Test bookmark
- Compare nonsensitive data.
- Record the account shown on each device.
- Inspect Edge’s synchronization settings.
- Compare a test bookmark before treating an absence as lost data.
Fictional example: Nora looks on her laptop for a bookmark saved on her computer. The displayed accounts differ. She records this discrepancy before investigating synchronization; she does not export passwords to make the comparison.
Your useful record: Compared devices, account context and test bookmark.
This context check does not measure synchronization delay.
Editorial method informed by Microsoft — Edge synchronization. Documentation consulted on . Examples are fictional exercises, not results from a live service test.
Review import and sync choices
Edge is Microsoft’s browser. During setup or migration, choose imported data and review sync. Distinguish local bookmark transfer from account-associated synchronisation before using a shared device.
- Import
- Select source and data types.
- Sync
- Check account and enabled items.
- Synchronization account
- Cross-device synchronization uses the account signed into Edge.
Source: Microsoft — Edge synchronization · consulted on - Relevant data
- Bookmarks, passwords, history and open tabs are among syncable data.
Source: Microsoft — Edge synchronization · consulted on
Does importing bookmarks require syncing everything?
Review the options separately and select only useful data.
Initial profile documentation
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