How to Manage Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge

Storing your different passwords is not an easy task, especially if they contain special characters. Fortunately, certain web browsers, such as Microsoft Edge, have password managers. These password managers store the passwords of your frequently visited websites, thus saving you from the task of remembering them every time.

The password manager feature allows you to always access your favorite websites, even when you forget passwords. But regardless of the security these password managers offer, we all know that some information, such as your banking app password, should not be saved in your browser. What if you accidentally saved yours in Microsoft Edge? How do you delete?

Learning how to manage your saved passwords in Microsoft Edge gives you control over these sensitive credentials. This post will show you how to manage your saved passwords in Microsoft Edge. These management applications include viewing, editing, and deleting passwords.

Accessing Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge

How do you access or view your saved passwords in Microsoft Edge? The following steps will guide you:

Stage 1: Launch Microsoft Edge.

Step 2: Click the three horizontal dots button in the upper right corner of the window.

Stage 3: Scroll through the list of options and select Settings to start a new window.

Step 4: Settings In Windows, click Profiles located in the left pane of the window.

Step 5: Select Passwords and you should be able to view every setting related to your passwords in Microsoft Edge.

Step 6: Scroll through Password settings until you see the Saved passwords menu.

Step 7: Scroll the Password listed and select the eye icon to view a website’s password.

Note: You can also view the status/strength of your listed saved passwords.

Editing Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge

If you updated your password using a browser on a different device, you can easily update the specific password in Microsoft Edge within minutes. To do this, follow these steps:

Stage 1: Scroll through the Saved passwords listed and hover your cursor over the password to be edited.

Step 2: Select the three horizontal dots button next to the password to reveal More Actions.

Stage 3: Click Edit from the list of options in the overlay menu.

Step 4: Prove account ownership by providing your Windows user account details to verify yourself.

Step 5: You should see the username, password, and website name in the edit password dialog. However, the only editable item is your password. Click on the password field and make the changes you want.

Step 6: When you’re done with your edits, click Done to confirm the action and this will also close the window.

Note: You can also follow the above method to change your password. However, this will redirect you to the website page to make the relevant change.

Deleting Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge

The final password management process that we will discuss in this article is to delete saved passwords. You may need to delete the saved passwords when you save wrong passwords. This process is also useful if you have saved a password for a website that you do not want. As we mentioned above, this could be a sensitive website like a bank website or a credit card website.

The process is quite simple and we have explained it in the following steps:

Stage 1: Scroll through the listed Saved passwords.

Step 2: You can delete all passwords in Microsoft Edge or select a specific website’s password by ticking the checkbox on the left side of Website.

Stage 3: After checking the boxes for the passwords to be deleted, scroll to the top of the window and click Delete in the popup window. When you do this, all passwords are automatically deleted.

Sync Microsoft Edge Password

That’s all it takes to manage saved passwords in Microsoft Edge. We showed you how to access, edit and delete passwords in the Microsoft Edge web browser. Another thing you can do in Microsoft Edge is sync your password, bookmarks, and extensions across all your devices.