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Dev channel update to 83.0.478.5 is live
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.
Russ_Turrentine it's hard to use "don't need to log in" as a proxy for cookies not being cleared, since this site could also be logging you in because it works with single sign-on, because you have the setting in passwords enabled to automatically log you into websites that you've saved your password for, etc. So, besides turning off that setting in passwords and deleting any saved passwords, it's also possible that some of the data you're not clearing (like site permissions) are actually stored as cookies, which is why you're still seeing some not getting cleared, and also why I was asking if there were any specific cookies you could pinpoint as not getting cleared, since it's a lot easier to try to reproduce something when you have a specific example.
josh_bodner I understand. I deleted all cookies manually over the weekend. There is no work account attached to windows.
Passwords are not saved.
Yesterday I visited apple.com and dropbox.com, both of the Cookies are still there today. I actually have 44 total after deleting them manually over the weekend. This morning my Office 365 account for work did not force me to sign in like it did yesterday.
Russ_Turrentine I'm sorry to hear this is a persistent issue for you. Do you have any extensions installed? Sometimes they also load cookies on start.
ShirleyNg Yes, I have five extensions installed. I will try removing them to see if that helps.
So far that hasn't helped. I've removed the extensions and opened and closed the browser twice. I guess I'll try removing them manually and see if they start sticking around again.
