--- title: Microsoft Edge now steals your data from Google Chrome... description: Microsoft Edge is aggressively stealing open tabs from Google Chrome after an update, allowing users to pick up where they left off. Edge copies all active... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-now-steals-your-data-from-google-chrome-after-an-update-r7rkjhsra twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Edge now steals your data from Google Chrome after an update | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft Edge is aggressively stealing open tabs from Google Chrome after an update, allowing users to pick up where they left off. Edge copies all active... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-now-steals-your-data-from-google-chrome-after-an-update-r7rkjhsra og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R7rkJhsRa.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Edge now steals your data from Google Chrome after an update og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Edge now steals your data from Google Chrome after an update **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 6 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Microsoft Edge is aggressively stealing open tabs from Google Chrome after an update, allowing users to pick up where they left off. Edge copies all active tabs from Chrome without user consent or requesting data sync. There is an option to disable this data import setting, but even with it disabled, Edge still imports Chrome data upon startup. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mykytanikitenko42** · 3 upvotes > Typical Microsoft **@rabbyc** · 0 upvotes > gasp --- Tags: [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#microsoft-edge](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-edge) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-now-steals-your-data-from-google-chrome-after-an-update-r7rkjhsra) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft Edge now steals your data from Google Chrome after an update","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-now-steals-your-data-from-google-chrome-after-an-update-r7rkjhsra","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-now-steals-your-data-from-google-chrome-after-an-update-r7rkjhsra"},"datePublished":"2024-01-31T15:13:35.630Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z","description":"Microsoft Edge is aggressively stealing open tabs from Google Chrome after an update, allowing users to pick up where they left off. 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