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maisondasilva's avatar
Nov 15, 2023
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Ability to Manager or Delete single autocomplete form data in Edge browser.

It would be cool to have a page where we can manage the data, I always have to clean it, is there any extension that helps with this?

 

There is no longer the option to delete!

 

 

New Feature: Ability to Delete single autocomplete form data in Edge browser - Microsoft Community Hub

  • Solved this way!

    You can hover over it or use the “down” and “up” arrow keys to select it. Then press “Shift + Delete” on your keyboard. This will remove that suggestion from the list without affecting other suggestions.

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  • DaveSmith123456's avatar
    DaveSmith123456
    Copper Contributor

    The method marked as a solution is no longer viable, as noted by everyone here.  Adding my name and my voice to the list of people finding it highly frustrating and more than a little bit of a GAPING SECURITY ISSUE, as it has been pointed out that often we can enter a password into the wrong box, and have no way of quickly and cleanly amending it.  It was a choice, made by somebody at Microsoft, to remove this function, and I want it known that we want it back. WE NEED IT BACK. It was such a useful feature that its removal feels like ensh*ttification.  For this reason, I might suggest to our users that we migrate to another web browser for our business needs.

     

    I saw one rhumour that the feature was removed because Microsoft wanted to harvest autofill data from browsers to feed their AI monster.

  • thommytho's avatar
    thommytho
    Copper Contributor

    This is a serious flaw! Sometimes passwords are stored in autocomplete (because accidentally entered into user name fields or becasue the password field is clear text)...and now there is no way to delete them again!

  • Solved this way!

    You can hover over it or use the “down” and “up” arrow keys to select it. Then press “Shift + Delete” on your keyboard. This will remove that suggestion from the list without affecting other suggestions.
    • thommytho's avatar
      thommytho
      Copper Contributor

      This "solution" used to work but does not anymore (using Microsoft Edge for Business Version 133.0.3065.59 (Official build) (64-bit) ).

      Should be unmarked as "solved".

    • kaniosm's avatar
      kaniosm
      Copper Contributor

      maisondasilva  this doesn't work anymore!

       

      I believe this is an essential feature! Google Chrome will even show a delete icon/button next to each entry in order  to help remove old/unnecessary form completions.

      • Inuneko's avatar
        Inuneko
        Copper Contributor

        It doesn't work in Edge. (Neither in W10 nor W11).  Edge Version 133.0.3065.69  It is really annoying. I use autocomplete 50-100 times in a normal day - and want to delete "garbage" records. 

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