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I use a number of browsers. One reason is that it (tries) to keep their caches separate. Naïve, I know - but it (mostly) works. However, when it doesn't, I'm curious why.

So, I'm watching a YouTube video in Chrome, and then decide to Bing for some fact using Edge. I open Edge as a new instance (no previous ones extant) and start to type the desired URL - and then notice that there's already an additional tab with the YouTube logo. When I click on it, it is literally the same video as what I'm watching in Chrome.

It's repeatable, so not a fluke. This may already be a 'thing', but I don't watch this sort of intrusion - so apologies for rearing a dead horse. My curiosity is piqued by the idea that the two browsers are supposed to be independent, yet obviously aren't. Can anyone explain this effect?

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  • Is it repeatable with any video you play in Chrome, or a specific video? As you "knew" they are indeed separate so it's quite odd what you describe. Any possibility of doing a screen recording of how this happens? (Record the whole screen showing both browsers open with no open tabs except one new tab > Go to YouTube in Chrome and watch a video and then check Edge if it has the video.)
    – Yisroel Tech
    Commented Mar 14, 2023 at 13:06
  • As far as I have observed it's completely repeatable. I'll try to replicate in a recording.
    – John Burger
    Commented Mar 14, 2023 at 13:27

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It's a "feature". Edge imports browser data from competitors on each launch – including bookmarks and open tabs. You can disable it in "Settings > Profiles > Import".

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  • On each launch it does that? In Settings > Profiles > Import I don't see anything mentioned about "on each launch" and no setting to disable. And from support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/… it also seems to be only manually import or on "first" open (and even then it prompts you.)
    – Yisroel Tech
    Commented Mar 14, 2023 at 17:22
  • Might be mistaken as to where it's supposed to be turned on/off, but I distinctly remember a recent update where the first-time dialog started asking me about "periodically" re-importing the data.
    – grawity_u1686
    Commented Mar 14, 2023 at 19:19
  • Oh, that was for a "Canary build". Doesn't seem like this made it into Release (or Beta) so far. But maybe the OP has Edge Canary...
    – Yisroel Tech
    Commented Mar 14, 2023 at 21:02

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