That is usually based on the browser login. Check your browser profile - the browser on the work computer should not be signed into the personal account.
How to prevent syncing between work and personal accounts
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Sophia Duke
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I have a Dell XPS for personal use, and I have a Dell Latitude for work use. Both are on Windows 11 now, and I have separate Microsoft accounts for each (my personal account on my XPS and my work-assigned account on the Latitude owned by my company).
The other day, I noticed my MSN home page on Edge on my work computer was following the topics I follow on my personal computer. These topics revolve around politics and sports, which are things I don't want mixed in with my work tasks.
Why would these preferences be syncing across the two separate profiles which are logged into two different devices? How could I prevent it?
The only place where I am logged into both accounts is on my iPhone. I use Microsoft Authenticator and Microsoft Teams for both accounts on my phone.
Microsoft Edge | Profile, sync, and sign in | Windows 11
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Diane P 7,645 Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-10-08T03:45:04.37+00:00 -
Sophia Duke 5 Reputation points
2025-10-08T12:48:35.8966667+00:00 I am not signed in to my personal account on my work computer. Except for my iPhone use cases as noted, I each account on its own specific device only.
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Diane P 7,645 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-10-08T13:23:08.5733333+00:00 Are you using Edge on the phone? If you are only using email and other services, there should be no bleed between accounts.
You can customize msn on the work computer - click the personalize button to control what is shown.
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Sophia Duke 5 Reputation points
2025-10-08T15:51:57.48+00:00 I am not using Edge on my phone, just Safari.
I did go and manually change my MSN on my work computer, but then it automatically applied those same changes to my personal account.
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Diane P 7,645 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-10-09T12:32:16.5+00:00 The msn preferences are per computer (or computer user), not per browser profile as I use multiple browser profiles. If I change the msn preferences, it is changed in all browser profiles.
The only way to sync them to another computer is if you are using the personal account on the work computer.
Are you signed into the computer using the personal account? Was the personal account added to the work computer? Look in Settings > Accounts.
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Sophia Duke 5 Reputation points
2025-10-09T13:01:25.8166667+00:00 I am only signed into my work account on my work computer, and I am only signed into my personal account on my personal computer. The only exception, like I have stated above, is that I am signed into my phone on both accounts.
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Diane P 7,645 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-10-11T03:42:09.52+00:00 Try signing out of one account on the phone - but unless you are using Edge and signing into the browser, the accounts on the phone would not have an effect.
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