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Import data from Profile 1 to Profile 2
patoberli Thanks for reaching out, Patrick! If you haven't yet, can you please submit detailed feedback through the browser? (Shift+Alt+I) This helps the Identity team keep monitor the different feature requests.
In the meantime, I'll tag in Avi Vaid to see if he has any insights to share.
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Avi VaidMicrosoft
patoberli Unfortunately there is no great way to import data from one profile to another just yet 😞
I'd love to understand why you'd like to using profile 2 instead of profile 1? Why don't you sign our of profile 1 with the account you don't want and sign in with the account you do want instead?
Conceptually, a profile is just a container of data that you can associate with an account. Accordingly, there is no difference between 2 profiles besides the account you sign in with. So, if you switch the account you sign in with, it should achieve what you want right?
I'd love to understand why you'd like to using profile 2 instead of profile 1? Why don't you sign our of profile 1 with the account you don't want and sign in with the account you do want instead?
I can give you another scenario that most users I know wants:
It should be the default, or at least a possibility, that when you create a new profile, the settings are copied from an existing default/template profile. Most professional users have an oppinion on cookie settings, tracking settings, disable password saving etc. It is kinda annoying that you have to set these every single time you create a new profile! I have a literal ton of profiles, as I work for a plethora of companies as a consultant. It would be really nice if you once and for all could set these settings, save them and then have those as a template for new profiles, so that you dont have to go through these every time you create a new profile
Anders Rask It's even worse when you get a new computer and have to rebuild them all again!
I too also have multiple profiles (20+) for the clients I work for. First thing I do is turn off password save (as I have Lastpass), set save location, add standard shortcuts to the shortcut bar, rename the profile, add a favicon (although to be honest I don't really care about the favicon although it would be awesome if I could specify a favicon url rather than be stuck with the built in icons, but thats another issue).
Avi Vaid Hi all, thanks for your replies.
The reason for this is, the company I work for is merging with another company. So we now have a new Windows domain, which means new user accounts on the computer. I like now to migrate (all) my old data from the old browser profile into the newly created browser profile (on the old one is the Sync broken).
I will try to submit the feedback on Monday (of the company policies allow).
I've just submitted the feedback.
