As usual, there is a way to disable this if you can apply GPO or registry tweaks. GPO: After installing[0] the Edge Group Policies (because of course they aren

As usual, there is a way to disable this if you can apply GPO or registry tweaks. GPO: After installing[0] the Edge Group Policies (because of course they aren't included with the installer!), set the "Automatically import another browser's data and settings at first run" policy to "4: Disables automatic import, and the import section of the first-run experience is skipped". This works on any version of Windows 7 or later. Note that if you already enabled the "Hide first-run" policy, Edge will take it upon itself to import from the user's default browser anyway without asking, so you'll still have to set the other policy as well. Registry: Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge, create a new DWORD called "AutoImportAtFirstRun", and set it to 4. Auto import will not happen when Edge (Chromium) is launched for the first time, and you won't be asked about it during setup.[1] If you want to disable the first-run wizard entirely, create another DWORD called "HideFirstRunExperience", and set it to 1. If you've already opened Edge (as described in the article), these policies being applied will not clear your browser of already imported data. You'll have to delete your Edge profile (edge://settings, -> profiles, delete) to get rid of it. If you haven't installed Edge, note that new Edge becomes mandatory in version 20H2, so you'll want to set the policy now before you get overtaken after a system update. Guess this is another thing to add to the "new-install checklist"... 0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/configure-microsoft-edge https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/configure-micros... 1: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#autoimportatfirstrun https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-p...