Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Import Edge Browsing Data in Copilot on Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off importing your browsing data from Microsoft Edge for web browsing in Copilot app on Windows 11.

The Microsoft Copilot app is your AI app for work. Copilot connects to the Microsoft 365 apps and content you use every day, creates polished documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, gets things done with Cowork, lets you choose between leading AI models, understands your job and company through Work IQ, and keeps your data protected.

When you sign in to Copilot, your experience adapts to your account: a licensed work-or-school experience with enterprise data protection, or a personal experience for individuals, with or without a Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscription.

Microsoft Copilot app now supports in-app browsing on Windows 11, allowing users to open websites side-by-side with chat. Users can manage tabs, toggle full-screen, or open links externally. Data is stored locally, similar to Edge.

Websites that Copilot shares in chat can open inside of the desktop app side by side with the Copilot chat conversation.

By default, Copilot will import your passwords, history, cookies, and more browsing data from Microsoft Edge each time you open Copilot. This browsing data is used for web browsing in the Copilot app.

You can turn on or off Bring over your browsing data from Microsoft Edge in Copilot app chat settings for what you want set.

Reference:

Browsing history, cookies, autofill information for web browsing in the Copilot app are stored on the local device in the user Data profile directory at %localappdata%\Microsoft\Copilot\User Data.

Here's How:

1 Open the Copilot app.

2 Open Copilot Chat settings.

3 Click/tap on Web browsing on the left side, and click/tap on Import browser data. (see screenshot below)


4 Turn on (default) or off Bring over your browsing data from Microsoft Edge for what you want.



That's it,
Shawn Brink