How to Turn On or Off Automatic Profile Switching in Microsoft Edge Chromium
Microsoft has adopted the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility. This new Microsoft Edge runs on the same Chromium web engine as the Google Chrome browser, offering you best in class web compatibility and performance.
The new Chromium based Microsoft Edge is supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and above), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2), and macOS.
A new automatic profile switching feature has been added to Microsoft Edge starting with the Microsoft Edge version 83.0.449.0 and higher.
Automatic profile switching feature detects links being opened in incorrect Microsoft account profiles and guides users to correct work, school or personal profile by showing a prompt that lets user switch to correct profile.
See also: Using multiple profiles at work and at home is now easier with Microsoft Edge | Windows Blogs
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatic profile switching in the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.
Here's How:
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (Alt+F) 3 dots menu icon, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Profiles on the left side, and click/tap on the Profile preferences link on the right side under the Your profile section. (see screenshot below)
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Turn on (default) or off Automatic profile switching for what you want. (see screenshot below)
The Automatic profile switching setting will be grayed out if there is not more than one profile available in Microsoft Edge.
5 Select the default profile you want to open links from email and other applications in the Default profile for external links drop menu. (see screenshot below)
6 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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