With default settings, Microsoft Edge browser offers you to save web credentials just like any other web browser so that it can help you quickly sign-in to your favorite web services by auto-filling usernames and passwords.
At times, you might want to delete all or specific passwords saved in the Edge browser. For instance, you might want to delete saved passwords before letting others use your Windows 10 PC or before selling off your computer. Or, you might want to remove one of the saved passwords. Thankfully, like other major web browsers, managing saved passwords is an easy job in the Edge browser.
Also read: how to view passwords saved in Edge browser in Windows 10
In this guide, we will see how to delete all passwords or individual passwords saved in the Microsoft Edge browser.
Method 1 – delete individual passwords in Chromium Edge
Method 2 – delete all saved passwords at once
Method 3 – delete a specific password
Method 4 – edit or change a specific password saved in Edge
Delete passwords from Chromium Edge
Step 1: In the Chromium-based Edge browser, type edge://settings/passwords in the address bar and then press the Enter key to open the passwords page.
Step 2: As you can see in the picture below, the page displays all saved passwords. To delete a password, click on the three dots next to the password and then click the Delete option.
To delete all saved passwords at once from legacy Edge browser
Please note that deleting all passwords saved in the Edge browser will not stop the Edge browser from offering you to save web credentials. If you want to disable the feature, please refer to how to stop the Edge browser from asking to save the passwords guide.
Step 1: Launch the Edge browser. Click More options icon (see picture below) and then click Settings.
Step 2: Scroll down to see the Clear browsing data section. Under, Clear browsing data section, there is a button labeled Choose what to clear. Click the same.
Step 3: Check the option labeled Passwords and make sure that other options such as browsing history and cookies are not checked if you don’t intend to clear them.
Step 4: Click the Clear button to clean all passwords saved in your web browser.
To clear individual passwords from legacy Edge
This method is helpful when you want to delete specific passwords without altering others.
Step 1: Open Edge, click More options icon, and then click Settings.
Step 2: Scroll down the Settings page to see View advanced settings button. Click on the same.
Step 3: Scroll-down advanced settings page to see a link labeled Manage my saved passwords. Click on the same to view all saved passwords and usernames.
Step 4: To delete a specific password, carefully click the X button next to the URL.
To edit or change a specific password in legacy Edge
If you want to modify or change saved passwords or usernames, this is the best way.
Step 1: Launch Edge, click More options icon and then click Settings.
Step 2: Scroll-down, click View advanced settings button.
Step 3: Scroll down a little and click Manage my saved passwords link.
Step 4: Click on the URL for which you want to edit or change the password.
Step 5: Edit your username, password, or both, then click the Save button. That’s it!
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