If you use Microsoft Edge as your primary password manager, the browser will securely store your login credentials for all your favorite websites. However, for the sake of convenience, Edge is configured to automatically inject your username and password into login fields the exact millisecond a webpage finishes loading.
While this saves you a few keystrokes, it is a severe security vulnerability, especially on a shared family computer or a workplace laptop. If you step away from your desk while logged out of Facebook, anyone who sits down and navigates to the Facebook login page will have your password instantly and automatically filled in for them, granting them immediate access to your account.
To protect your accounts, you should configure Edge to require your explicit permission (or a master PIN) before it fills in any sensitive credentials.
How to Stop Automatic Password Filling
You can change this behavior in the Edge Wallet settings.
- Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
- Click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
- Select Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click on Profiles.
- In the right pane, click on Passwords (this will open the Edge Wallet interface).
- Click the Settings gear icon in the left-hand navigation pane of the Wallet.
- Look for a toggle switch labeled Offer to save passwords and the one directly beneath it labeled Autofill passwords and passkeys.
- Turn the Autofill passwords and passkeys toggle to the Off position.
By turning this off, Edge will still remember your passwords securely in the background, but it will no longer blast them onto the screen automatically. When you visit a login page, the fields will remain blank. To log in, you will have to explicitly click on the username box and select your saved account from a drop-down menu.