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tboggs
Brass Contributor
Jul 20, 2020
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Allow removal of "Connected to Windows" accounts from Edge profiles

I love being able to create multiple profiles for the various accounts and services I have to use, I am now up to 7. It's great to be able to separate them and just utilize sso to do what I need with...
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  • Avi Vaid's avatar
    Avi Vaid
    Jul 24, 2020

    Thanks for the feedback, we've heard this from other users too. Re: the connected to windows accounts, we are working to remove this but since it is cross group collaboration, it may take a while. We eventually would like to just sign you in with the profile account. 

     

    Re: Adding an account only to the app, if you select the "This app only" option in the sign in flow where you are asked to manage the device, the account won't be added to the computer and nor will your device get managed.

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dloder
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Nov 15, 2023
Seems to be fixed in Edge now (Nov 2023) with the correct settings. First, make sure you are actually signed into the account for the profile, selecting just this app so it's only for the Edge profile you are setting up. The first sign-in to the azure portal should default to the Connected to Windows account, but you can sign out then sign in with the correct Entra ID account. You now get prompted to choose between the profile account and the Connected to Windows account when signing into the portal. Finally, in Settings, Profile, Profile Preference, make sure "Automatically sign in to sites with your current work or school account?" is turned on. This should automatically sign you in to the portal based on the account that's signed into the profile. I have different admin accounts in several tenants, and my machine native-joined to my corporate tenant. With profiles set this way, each profile goes directly to the portal for that tenant.
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    Jay_Libove_Fe
    Brass Contributor
    May 19, 2026

    2026 and this is still a problem. Like others who have posted here, I have several Microsoft accounts linked to a Windows 11 PC: my ancient personal Microsoft account (Hotmail), my own Microsoft professional (MS365 Business Premium) account, my MS365 account's Admin role, a couple of MS365 Tenants for whom I'm the consultant, and a couple of consulting customers who also happen to use MS365 and have created identities for me in their MS365 services.

    Every. Single. Time. after a bit of idle time I access a Microsoft cloud page (especially MS365 admin pages across the many services) I get the account picker. It should default to the last MS identity that had (re-)authenticated in that browser TAB (with an account menu option within each MS page to switch MS accounts or logout).

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    DanielNiccoli
    Steel Contributor
    Nov 17, 2023

    dloderThat is not a fix. That's an entirely different new feature. I don't want to be signed into my browser. I want a blank profile that is not connected to anything. Not to Windows. Not to Edge. Only websites.

     

    A proper fix is removing this stupid "Connected to Windows" without additional requirements like having to sign into the browser.