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josh_bodner
Microsoft
Apr 14, 2020Dev 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...
Russ_Turrentine
Apr 16, 2020Brass Contributor
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.
josh_bodner
Microsoft
Apr 20, 2020Russ_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.
- Russ_TurrentineApr 21, 2020Brass Contributor
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.
- josh_bodnerApr 21, 2020
Microsoft
Russ_Turrentine just one more thing, you're closing all browser windows right, including InPrivate ones, installed web apps/PWAs, etc.? Having specific sites really helps. Now that we have those, I'll see if I can have somebody on the engineering team look into it.
- Russ_TurrentineApr 26, 2020Brass Contributor
josh_bodner Yes, I usually close all programs and either restart my desktop or shutdown my laptop at the end of every day or before bed. The only thing I haven't tried so far is uninstall and reinstall the browser, but I'm getting the same result on every computer I have (2 desktops and 3 laptops).