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Microsoft Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says not to worry
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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You guys are using edge?
Edge is on my computer, and I can't delete it, at least not with my limited IT experience. It's buried deep in the operating system, and it opens up seemingly randomly, I use firefox.
Looking online about getting rid of it, others described it as cancer.
It's not that hard, all you need is usb drive and choosing a distro (the hard step)
The solution is to use Linux Mint.
Not sure how it works in Win11 but historically it has not been possible to remove Internet Explorer or Edge from Windows.