Microsoft Edge password manager
microsoft.com/edge/features/password-managerFree password manager built into Microsoft Edge that syncs through a Microsoft account without end-to-end encryption by default.
- Owner
- Microsoft Corporation
- Based in
- United States
- Founded
- 1975
- Type
- Built into a browser or OS
- Free plan
- Free, built in
- Built into Microsoft Edge; syncs with a Microsoft account
- Personal plan
- No paid plan
- Latest audit
- None published
- No named, dated audit found
- On record
- 1 minor incident
- 2026
- No published third-party audit found
- Has a free plan
How Microsoft Edge password manager encrypts your vault
From Microsoft Edge password manager's security documentation, next to the other 22. Microsoft Edge password manager is outlined.
End-to-end encrypted
The company can decrypt it (the only one)
Cipher: AES
Yes 21
Optional 1
No 1
Website addresses encrypted
Not documented (20 of 23 document it)
Encrypted 19
Readable 1
Not documented 3
Item names encrypted
Not documented (18 of 23 document it)
Encrypted 17
Readable 1
Not documented 5
Memory-hard password hashing
No master password to hash (like 1 others)
Memory-hard 3
Not memory-hard 11
Not documented 7
Doesn't apply 2
Extra secret key
Doesn't apply to this kind of product (like 3 others)
No master password.
Yes 1
No 14
Not documented 4
Doesn't apply 4
What you'll pay
Built into Microsoft Edge; syncs with a Microsoft account
Free plan
Free
Free with Edge and a personal Microsoft account; unlimited items; syncs across devices signed in to Edge
Personal plan
None
After the first year
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Family plan
None
- Business:
- None
- Free trial:
- not-applicable
- Money-back:
- not-applicable
Audits
Independent security reviews, newest first.
No published third-party audit with a named auditor found for Microsoft Edge password manager.
- Open-source appsSome appsSome apps
- Open-source serverNoNo
- Run it yourselfNoNo
- Bug bountyYesYes
Incidents
Breaches, stolen data and serious flaws on record.
2026
Edge loaded all saved passwords into process memory in cleartext at startup; from Edge 148 they are no longer loaded at launch.
Apps, browsers and passkeys
- WindowsYesYes
- macOSYesYes
- LinuxYesYes
- iPhoneYesYes
- AndroidYesYes
- Web vaultNot verifiedNot verified
- ChromeNoNo
- FirefoxNoNo
- SafariNoNo
- EdgeYesYes
- Saves and fills passkeyspartialpartial
- Unlock the vault with a passkeyNot verifiedNot verified
- Passkey import and export (CXP)Not verifiedNot verified
Sharing, recovery and extras
- Shared vaultsNot verifiedNot verified
- Share with non-usersNot verifiedNot verified
- Emergency accessNot verifiedNot verified
- 2FA codes built inNot verifiedNot verified
- Breach monitoringYesYes
- Email aliasesNot verifiedNot verified
- File attachmentsNot verifiedNot verified
- SSH keys and agentNot verifiedNot verified
- Command lineNot verifiedNot verified
- Encrypted exportNot verifiedNot verified
- Works offlineYesYes
- Authenticator-app 2FANot verifiedNot verified
- Security key for 2FANot verifiedNot verified
- Password health reportYesYes
- CSV exportNot verifiedNot verified
Compare Microsoft Edge password manager with
All sources for Microsoft Edge password manager (9)
- Research summary of the vendor's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Wikipedia: Microsoft EdgeNews or reference, checked 2026-10-16
- Microsoft Learn: Edge password manager securityVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the vendor's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Edge Vulnerability Research: saved passwords in Edge memoryVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Microsoft Edge password managementVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Microsoft Edge blog: passkey saving and syncing (November 2025)Vendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Microsoft support: keep saved passwords private in EdgeVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the vendor's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16