How to Stop Edge from Opening Automatically When I Boot Up Computer

Drew, you are misunderstanding everyone.

we are ALL telling you that WE HAVE CHROME SET AS OUR DEFAULT BROWSER, please understand that. i know a lot of ppl don't understand how computers work on the most basic level, but we do. we know how to set our default browsers.

despite this, EDGE still opens up all on its own. in front of google chrome. that is the issue people are having. all we have to do is close it, BUT it's annoying to us that it opens on its own. we do not want that to happen at all.

i hope this makes the issue clear for you, you can stop telling ppl to make chrome the default browser when we have done that and it does not change the issue of edge opening on its own.

this did not work for me as "restart apps" was not an option when i followed all these instructions.

Thank you Stacey

I tried them all - Registry edit, Group Policy Editor, emptying the package, etc. and was getting desperate. The one, and ONLY, solution that worked was as below:

1. Right-click at an empty space on your desktop and select Personalize. ...
2. In Personalization settings, select Lock Screen at the left and then at Background options, set one of the other choices (e.g. Picture or Slideshow) to disable the Windows Spotlight.

Wow! Not sure what this has to do with Edge launching but I ain't going to investigate! LOL.

OMG! I tried EVERYTHING and this is what worked! Thank you!

Edge is not listed in Startup manger at all, Chrome is set as my default web Browser .

Brian