How to Enable, Disable, or Force Sign in to 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.

You can sign in to a profile in Microsoft Edge with your Microsoft account or your work/school account.

Signing in to Microsoft Edge provides additional features to make the browser more productive for you. To sign you in seamlessly, when you first launch Microsoft Edge, it attempts to detect your identity from the operating system. If Microsoft Edge detects your identity from the operating system but you do not want to remain signed into Microsoft Edge, go to edge://settings/profiles and either sign out or remove your profile. If Microsoft Edge does not detect your identity from the operating system, you may sign into Microsoft Edge from edge://settings/profiles.

If a new identity is added to the operating system and your Microsoft Edge profile does not currently have an identity, Microsoft Edge adds the specific identity to your profile. If you sign into Microsoft Edge with a Microsoft account or a work or school account and do not have an identity on your Windows 10 profile, the specific account is added to your Windows 10 profile unless you specifically choose to not add it to Windows 10 while signing in.

When you sign in to Microsoft Edge and turn on sync, you can easily browse the web from any of your devices, keep your favorites organized, and always pick up right where you left off. Your favorites, settings, addresses (form data), passwords, history, open tabs, extensions, collections, and other browser data can sync across all devices you are signed in to a profile in Microsoft Edge with the same account.

Your signed-in profile does not begin syncing your data without your explicit permission while either launching Microsoft Edge for the first time or signing into the browser.

Being signed into Microsoft Edge enables single sign-on (you are automatically signed into certain websites such as Bing) and other identity-powered experiences such as sync. If you want to only sign into Microsoft Edge and not other Microsoft sites such as Bing, you may sign out of the specific site. Microsoft Edge creates a sign-out cookie that tells Microsoft Edge not to sign into the specific site for future visits. You may sign into the specific site again either by entering your user name and password or by clearing your cookies from edge://settings/privacy. For more information about clearing browsing data, see View and delete browser history in Microsoft Edge.

To prevent any identity from being associated with Microsoft Edge, remove your Microsoft Edge profile or sign out of Microsoft Edge. To delete all data associated with your Microsoft Edge profile from your device, you must remove your Microsoft Edge profile. Deleting all data does not delete previously synced data associated with the identity.

Your identity in Microsoft Edge on macOS is shared between Microsoft apps. A shared identity allows you to sign into a Microsoft app without having to separately enter your credentials if you are signed into another Microsoft app on the device. On macOS, you are not automatically signed into Microsoft Edge based on your authentication state in another Microsoft app. When you try to sign into Microsoft Edge, it offers to use the credentials from another Microsoft app on the device to sign into Microsoft Edge seamlessly. Similarly, when you are signed into an account to Microsoft Edge, if you try to sign into other Microsoft apps, your Microsoft Edge credentials may be used to help you sign into the other Microsoft app on the device without requiring you to enter your credentials again. When you sign in to a profile, you will also be signed in automatically to other Microsoft websites for the same account.

You are not able to sign into Microsoft Edge when using Guest mode or InPrivate.

Starting with Microsoft Edge 81.0.413.0, you can now sign in to Microsoft Edge and turn on sync to see your info across your computer, phone, and other devices.

If you like, you can use the BrowserSignin policy to enable, disable, or force sign in to Microsoft Edge for all users on the computer.

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This tutorial will show you how to enable, disable, or force sign in to the Chromium based Microsoft Edge with a Microsoft account or work/school account for all users on the computer.

EXAMPLE: Enable, disable, or force sign in to Microsoft Edge
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Here's How:

The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

BrowserSignin DWORD

(delete) = Enable
0 = Disable
2 = Force


1 Do step 2 (enable), step 3 (disable), or step 4 (force) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Enable Sign in to Microsoft Edge for All Users

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Default_Enable_sign_in_to_Microsoft_Edge.reg

Download


3 To Disable Sign in to Microsoft Edge for All Users

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Disable_sign_in_to_Microsoft_Edge.reg

Download


4 To Force Sign in to Microsoft Edge for All Users

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Force_sign_in_to_Microsoft_Edge.reg

Download


5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen Microsoft Edge to apply.

9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn