Automatic Profile Switching in Microsoft Edge / Sync Bookmarks, Passwords, Credit Card Date & Edge Collections

Microsoft Edge has gained more and more land lately on operating systems Windows 10. Maybe you can also help the pandemic that keeps more and more people more dependent than ever computers, but also features and performance, Microsoft managed to “flower” land from Google Chrome.

One of the most interesting and useful features of Microsoft Edge, is the possibility to add more personal profiles for Synchronization of data in browser. Basically, if at a PC have more people access, each one can Save and synchronize data web navigation in your own account. In this way, after completing the activity at the PC, the next person will not have access to bookmark, Saved passwords, bank cards and other data from the previous user's browser.
It is a highly recommended option for Data confidentiality on family computers, where more people have access. And for help for storage organized in the cloud of Bookamrks, favorite, history and preferential settings. Connected the profile account on Microsoft Edge installed on another device, all this data will be automatically synchronized.
So far there is nothing new. Several browsers offer the possibility to add profiles. Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox It has long offered this option.

A completely new characteristic is Automatic Profile Switching , presence on the latest version of Microsoft Edge. This option greatly helps users who use the same computer for both service and leisure.
To take the scenario you have Two profiles in Microsoft Edge. One personal and one you use only for service. When you are on your personal profile and you will want to Open a link Which you frequently use for the service, Microsoft Edge will ask you if you do not want to automatically switch to the service profile. In this way you will not confuse the links saved on each profile and neither the data collections saved in Edge Collections.

Characteristic Automatic Profile Switching It is currently available only on the desktop version of Microsoft Edge for Windows 10, but in the near future Microsoft intends to be available on Android and iOS.

Another new characteristic of Microsoft Edge is the addition of the profile avatar to the bumper icon (taskbar).

Is. A good method of “orientation” When we have several profiles open simultaneously Microsoft Edge.

If you do not find these features in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, make sure you have the latest version. Microsoft Edge update is done through Windows Update.

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