Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords, decrypted and in plaintext, into memory at startup. Google Chrome doesn’t—is it time to switch browser?

Microsoft Edge will no longer store your passwords in plaintext in RAM. The behavior occurred if you used the Edge browser as your password manager. The change takes effect in Edge version 148 or ...

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...

Microsoft Edge is ditching master passwords in favor of a more secure way to access the password manager. Microsoft Edge password manager has removed support for master passwords on Windows in an ...

If you're a Microsoft Authenticator user, you may notice that the Passwords section is missing one of its core functions. True to its word from earlier this month, Microsoft has removed the password ...

Microsoft is changing how its Authenticator app works, and you are not going to like it if you use it to store and autofill passwords. Microsoft has a very useful app called Authenticator, which is ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft Edge update 145 removes the ability to create new master passwords for the browser’s password manager feature. Existing master passwords will continue functioning until ...

Though Microsoft claimed that storing plaintext passwords in memory was by design, the company has changed the behavior to better protect your passwords.