Have trouble with saving passwords in Edge? Here are some troubleshooting steps to fix Edge not saving passwords.

Among various web browsers that are used to browse the net, Microsoft Edge is at the front. Every time you log into a new website, you are required to add your unique credentials like User IDs, emails, and passwords. This might be a problem if you ever forget the password while trying to log into the same website several times.

Microsoft Edge enables you to save the passwords of relevant websites in the password manager of the browser. This feature releases you from remembering or re-entering the credentials of a website whenever you visit it through the same profile.

But sometimes, you may face some issues in the browser related to remembering passwords. Some such problems are,

• Popup to save password doesn’t appear.
• Edge doesn’t remember passwords.
• Edge forgets password information as soon as the browser is closed.

If you are facing these issues too, then you found the right post. Here are eight troubleshooting tips you can use to fix Edge not saving passwords.

1. Ruling Out Profile Issues

Make sure that the issue is not limited to only one of your accounts. Check this out and make sure by logging out of your main account and temporarily adding another account to the browser. Save some login credentials on any preferred website and see how the browser works with them on the new account.

If password management works fine on your new account, then the issue is in your account. For this, change your main account temporarily and export all your passwords until the problem is fixed in your account.

However, if password management doesn’t work in any of your accounts, then it is sure that the issue is in the browser. Wherever the problem may be-the browser or your profile, follow the below fixes to overcome the issue. Although they mainly focus on resolving issues from your browser’s point of view, they may also resolve issues in your profile as well.

2. Tweaking Password Settings

If you are troubleshooting browser-related problems, make sure the password-saving feature in the browser is turned on. Also, check whether all the associated settings are correct as well.

To do this,

• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the browser
• Then go to Settings.
• Go to Passwords in Profile Settings.
• Make sure the Offer to Save Passwords toggle option is turned in. If not, turn it on by turning the toggle to the right.

If you have provided a primary password through custom settings for added privacy, consider switching the Sign in settings between Automatically or With device password. In this way, you can avoid the possibility of your primary password interfering with auto-filling passwords.

On some occasions, Edge will save passwords for some websites while not doing so for others. This might be because you have placed these websites on the Never saved list. This occurs when you instruct Edge not to save the password on a particular website.

If you need to save the password on these websites, then you must first remove the particular website from the list. To remove the websites from the Never saved list, follow the below steps.

• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the browser
• Then go to Settings.
• Go to Passwords in Profile Settings.
• In the Never Saved list, click the cross (X) icon on the right side of the particular website.

3. Enabling Browser Cookies

Cookies play an important role in saving your browser information. If you want to enable the saving password option, you should first make sure that you have enabled cookies in your browser. It is useless to change password permissions if your browser’s cookies are disabled.

To check whether cookies are enabled in Microsoft Edge on your computer, follow the below steps.

• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the browser
• Then go to Settings.
• Go to Cookies and site permissions settings in the left-sidebar.
• Then click Manage and delete cookies and site data in the right-hand pane.
• Check whether the Allow sites to save and read cookie data (recommended) toggle is on. If not, turn the toggle on.

In addition to the above steps, make sure that you haven’t added any sites which you need to save the password, into the cookies Block list that prevents sites from saving cookies.

If your saved credentials keep disappearing every time you exit the browser, remove the particular website from the Clear on exit list.

4. Changing Privacy Settings

Microsoft Edge allows you to customize your privacy by deleting the browsing data each and every time you end your browsing visit. This can be your browsing history, cache, cookies, and other data. If you have enabled this feature, then your data will disappear each time you close the browser.

This also results in the clearing of your saved passwords once you close the web browser.

To overcome this issue, you should make sure that you have not customized the browser to remove cookies or saved passwords once you close the browser. To do this, follow the below steps.

• Go to Settings.
• Navigate to Privacy, search and services (on the left-sidebar)
• Click Choose what to clear every time you close the browser.

• Make sure that the toggles for Cookies and other site data and Passwords are turned off.

5. Changing Sync Permissions

Microsoft Edge allows you to sync your passwords throughout different devices using the same account. This troubleshooting tip is relevant only to Microsoft Edge users whose passwords are saved only on one device and not synced to another device using the same account.

To sync your passwords across multiple devices you can adjust the sync permissions on your browser. To do this follow the below steps.

• Go to Settings.
• in the Profiles Settings navigate to Sync.
• Click on Turn on sync if it’s already switched off.
• Turn on the toggle for Passwords and click Confirm.

If sync is already enabled, check whether password synchronization is turned on.

6. Disabling Password Management Extensions

If none of the previously mentioned tips resolve the issue, then it might be due to the interference caused by Password Management Extensions which you have installed on Edge.

Disabling these extensions may resolve the issue. To disable them, follow these steps.

• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the browser.
• Then click Extensions.
• Click on Manage Extensions.
• Set the toggle for all password management extensions to the left.

If the issue is fixed after disabling extensions, filter the interfering extensions. If needed, remove or replace these extensions.

7. Clearing Browsing Data

This issue of Edge not saving passwords can be resolved by clearing the browsing data, including cookies and other site data, and saving the passwords again.

Therefore, consider clearing the browsing data from your browser. To do this, follow the below steps.

• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the browser.
• Go to History.
• Click on the three dots in the History drop-down menu and click Clear Browsing Data.

• Set the Time Range to All time and click the checkboxes of Browsing History, Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files.
• Click the Clear now button.

8. Resetting or Reinstalling Microsoft Edge

If you have been using Microsoft Edge as your default web browser, you may have customized your settings over time. Resetting the browser may help with this issue as all the customizations will be reversed and the default settings will be restored. In this way, any issues that are resulted from changes in settings will be resolved. However, before resetting the browser, make sure you export or sync your data into another browser.

• To reset Microsoft Edge, follow the below steps.
• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the browser.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Reset Settings in the left-sidebar.
• Click on Restore settings to their default values.
• Then, Click Reset in the popup window.

If resetting the browser does not solve the problem, try uninstalling Microsoft Edge. After uninstalling, get a fresh copy of the software and re-install it. Reinstalling may fix the issue.

You can install Microsoft Edge from here.

What if the issue is not yet fixed?

The troubleshooting fixes listed above should be able to fix the problem of Microsoft Edge not saving passwords. If the issue still prevails even after all these fixes, use a password management browser extension to save your passwords rather than saving them directly in the browser.

However, if none of the given fixes can resolve the issue, as the last option, you can try switching to another browser as Microsoft Edge is not the only one out there.

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