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Dev channel update to 83.0.478.5 is live
Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 83.0.478.5 to the Dev channel. This is our Beta release candidate for major version 83, and since it’s also not that much newer than last week’s Dev chann...
I've been having an issue that not everything is clearing when you select to clear browsing data on close. It mainly seems to be cookies that aren't clearing. I have not added anything to the Do Not Clear section. Of course, not clearing all the data will automatically log you into sites that should be requesting a password.
Russ_Turrentine it might not be that your cookies aren't being successfully cleared, it might just be that any passwords you saved are automatically signing you back into the websites without asking you:
Do you have any examples of cookies that aren't related to login that you don't see getting cleared?
I've been checking every couple of day when I open the browser. Cookies aren't being cleared even though it is selected to clear on close. I noticed this started a little over a week ago when the option was added to save selected cookies. I've reported it through feedback a couple of times. I believe I had 138 cookies when I checked this morning on Dev.
Here is a fresh session from Canary:
I would expect there to be none as it was before that feature was added. Am I missing something?
Russ_Turrentine hmm, it might be useful to figure out exactly which cookies aren't getting deleted. For example, I turned on the setting to continue browsing where I left off (so no new pages would be loaded when I opened the browser), turned on the setting to delete cookies on exit (with no exceptions), then opened a single tab to edge://settings/siteData, which lists every cookie I have. I then closed and re-opened the browser (which brought it back to that Settings page). I didn't have 0 cookies, but the only ones I did have were for Bing and Office, in order to provide single sign-on. If you have cookies from other specific sites upon re-launch, it might be useful to see if you can reproduce the behavior in both Dev and Canary, just to rule out something funky about one of your installs.
josh_bodner At first, I would have agreed that it could be machine or install specific, but it happens on three different machines using both Canary and Dev. I have only Favorites (which I don't use), Settings, and Collections turned on to sync. I have Passwords, Payment Info, and Addresses and More all turned off. In Clear Browsing Data on Close, everything is selected except the last two, Site Permissions and Hosted App Data. When I opened the browser, I went to the page you listed, and there were 38 cookies still present. I came to the discussion forum to respond and did not have to sign in. I'll close the browser again and come back to see if there is any difference.
I work in Insurance which has to abide by all requirements for the banking industry as well as a few other things. When I close the browser, I basically don't want anything saved. I don't even like that you'll be automatically signed into Office 365 if you're using the same profile on the browser. I want it to ask each and every time to login.
OK, I closed the browser and restarted the computer. I came back to the site and didn't have to login. I went back to the Settings page listed and there were all the same cookies as before including a couple new ones. I checked the options to delete browsing data on close, and it's all still selected as it should be. I'm not sure what else to check at this point.