How to Make Microsoft Edge Automatically Clear Data

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Written By Larious

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Last Updated on February 13, 2025 by Larious

Like every other web browser, Microsoft Edge stores your browsing data to provide a better experience. When you visit websites using Edge, it saves cookies, browsing history, passwords, and other data.

If you’re privacy conscious, you can manually delete the Microsoft Edge data, but what if you use a public or shared computer and don’t want the browsing data saved at all?

While you can’t prevent Microsoft Edge from saving your browsing data unless you use the InPrivate mode, a workaround reduces the hassle of manually deleting the stored data.

There’s an option in the Microsoft Edge browser that automatically clears cookies and other stored data every time you close the browser. You need to make a few changes to the Settings. Here’s what you need to do.

1. To get started, launch the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer.

2. When the browser opens, click the three dots at the top right corner and select Settings.

SettingsSettings

3. On Settings, switch to Privacy, Search, and Services.

Privacy, Search, and ServicesPrivacy, Search, and Services

4. On the right side, scroll down to the Delete Browsing Data section.

5. Next, click the Choose what to clear every time you close the browser.

Choose what to clear every time you close the browserChoose what to clear every time you close the browser

6. Toggle on the items you want to clear every time you close the browser.

Toggle on the itemsToggle on the items

7. If you don’t want Microsoft Edge to clear data from a specific website, click the Add button and add the website’s URL.

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The selected data will be automatically cleared the next time you close the web browser.

Clearing the browsing data from time to time is a great way to stay private. Even if you don’t want Microsoft Edge to automatically clear the browser data, you can manually clear it from the three dots (Edge Menu) > Delete Browsing Data.

Delete Browsing DataDelete Browsing Data

This guide explains how to make Microsoft Edge Automatically clear your saved data. Let us know if you need more help on this topic in the comments. Also, if you find this guide helpful, don’t forget to share it with your friends.

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