Microsoft Edge changes your browsing data history, passwords deletion option with new update

Microsoft Edge has received a new update with version 141. The release brings several interesting changes and improvements.

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Microsoft has released a new Edge 141 update today in the Stable channel. With this new version, the company has made its Adobe engine-based PDF reader the default for enterprise and office PCs.

If you recall, Microsoft shared details about it earlier in the year in April. With this, Microsoft promises better "performance, accessibility, and compatibility," and new "exclusive enterprise features" that were previously lacking. The company notes the rollout will be phased and will happen over the next several months.

Microsoft adds: "Admins can manage the experience using the NewPDFReaderEnabled policy which controls the default viewer in Edge for Windows or the NewPDFReaderWebView2List policy which controls viewer behavior in WebView2 apps."

The new Edge update is also introducing a security change that will restrict or block a website’s ability to send requests to servers on your local network. While the feature is inactive with this release, the company says that Edge version 143 will make it the default state. In the release notes, it explains:

"When a website tries to connect, Microsoft Edge shows a prompt asking you to grant or deny permission. This protects privacy and security while maintaining compatibility with modern web standards. The ability of a website to request this permission from users is restricted to secure contexts."

Besides those there is an interesting change regarding users' browsing data. Previously Edge offered the option to delete passwords and autofill form data in the "Clear browsing data on close" setting. However, this has been updated and those options have been removed. Although manual deletion of passwords and autofill is still possible.

Microsoft has also revealed the system requirements to use one of Edge's new features: Real-time video translation. However, it is not available to everyone as the company explains: "With real-time video translation in Edge, you can watch videos in a different language with translated audio dub. Feature availability and functionality may vary by device type, hardware configuration (minimum 12 GB RAM and 4-core CPU), region, and platform. Availability is limited to select markets."

You can find the full changelog for the new Edge stable version 141.0.3537.57 on this page on Microsoft's official website. You can also download it from there at this link.