Microsoft Edge now also synchronizes under Linux

A little hint for the Linux users among you who also use Microsoft Edge. Today in the dev version the possibility to synchronize favorites, passwords, extensions, and more was added.

A Microsoft account is of course required. Yeah, sounds weird. Linux and then Microsoft account. But the Edge team has now integrated the option. Currently, this function still has to be activated in the edge: // flags under "MSA sign-in" so that this function appears.

You can read more information about this here. You can find a dev version for Linux as * .dep or * .rpm here.

All Microsoft Edge Downloads Also Insider

• Microsoft Edge Stable (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android) microsoft.com/en-us/edge
• Canary, Dev, Beta (Windows, macOS) microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/
• Business: Microsoft Edge Stable, Beta and Dev (Windows, macOS: microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business)
• The portable versions: Portable Edge Updater
• Android: play.google.com/microsoft.emmx
• iOS: apps.apple.com/microsoft-edge
• Uninstalling Microsoft Edge: If the Edge has not been installed by yourself, you can still remove the Edge if you want to Uninstall Microsoft Edge - Even if it's grayed out, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Uninstall Microsoft Edge Using PowerShell Or The Command Prompt

The easiest way is through PowerShell. And that is how it works:

• In File Explorer, navigate to the path C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft \ Edge \ Application.
• Select the current version number here. In the example, open 83.0.478.58 and then the Installer folder
• The setup.exe is located in this folder
• Now open the File -> PowerShell -> PowerShell (administrator) tab
• Enter cmd and press Enter
• Now enter the command and press Enter:

setup.exe --uninstall --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall

You can also use the command prompt. Here you just have to navigate to the path in the cmd.exe and then enter the command.

Now you may be asked to restart and then Microsoft Edge is uninstalled. The command itself was suitable for the preview versions, but also works brilliantly and without problems with the Edge Canary installed by Microsoft itself.

Step 2: Uninstall Microsoft Edge With A Script

We have now tried out whether it is possible to write a bat file with these commands. But it failed because: "The cmd window always closes when it is executed before it reaches the" FOR "command, which the Edge Setup should find automatically"

But it still works like this:

• Enter the command prompt in the button bar and start as administrator (important!)
• Copy this content into it and press Enter:

cd% temp% set "programf =% programfiles%" if% PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% == AMD64 set "programf =% programfiles (x86)%" dir / b "% programf% \ Microsoft \ Edge \ Application" | SORT / R> list.txt FOR / F "usebackq delims =="% i IN (list.txt) DO start / WAIT / MIN cmd / c "% programf% \ Microsoft \ Edge \ Application \% i \ Installer \ setup.exe" --uninstall - -system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall del list.txt cd% temp% dir / b "% HOMEDRIVE% \ Users"> list.txt FOR / F "usebackq delims =="% i IN (list.txt) DO rd / q / s "% HOMEDRIVE% \ Users \% i \ AppData \ Local \ Microsoft \ Edge \"del list.txt

The second section in the script requests whether the browser data should also be deleted.

You can only execute the first set of commands, both at the same time, or only start the second set of commands separately if you only want to have the browser data deleted.