Many users use Internet Explorer as their favorite browser and store their passwords, bookmarks, bookmarks, among other options.
As the new versions of the Operating Systems progress we see that numerous system tools are updated and one of them is the browser, we see it in Windows 10 with the incursion of Microsoft Edge replacing Internet Explorer and it is very certain that we want to give a step in this advance and update our browser but a key question arises and is, how to have all the elements that we have stored in Internet Explorer in the new Edge browser?
Today this tutorial will give the solution in a totally effective way.
What's new in Microsoft Edge
With the launch of the Windows 10 Creators Update edition which will be in the spring of this year 2017 Microsoft Edge will have a new feature that will allow us to import Internet Explorer passwords to the new Edge browser in a completely simple way and in this way mode will be a very practical utility for all users who want to start in Microsoft Edge as their favorite browser.
We can also import not only passwords but also bookmarks and bookmarks into Microsoft Edge. Next, we will see how to perform this import process in Microsoft Edge.
Recall that this feature is available only, at the moment, in the Creators Update version .
How to import passwords from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge
Step 1
To start this process, we open Microsoft Edge and click on the Mas (three horizontal dots) icon of Microsoft Edge and in the drop-down list select the Settings option
Step 2
The following window will be displayed:
Step 3
There it will be necessary to click on the Import from another browser button to perform the respective password import from Internet Explorer. Once this option is selected we will see the following window:
Step 4
There we will see the browsers that are installed in the operating system, in case of having others.
Next, we will click on the Import button and automatically the All done message indicating that the Internet Explorer items have been imported correctly. We can click on the View imported favorites button to see that it has been imported.
In this simple way we have imported passwords and bookmarks from Internet Explorer with the push of a button in the new edition of Windows 10 Creators Update. To learn more about Microsoft Edge we suggest how to customize your Edge browser in Windows 10.
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