How do I disable Microsoft Edge from opening when I start my computer?

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How can I stop Microsoft Edge from starting every time I restart my computer?

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John DeV 169.9K Independent Advisor

Hello JosephPare1,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I'll be happy to assist you today. I understand you have a problem with Edge opening automatically at startup. Did you made any changes recently? When was the last time it was working properly?

Kindly try the suggested methods below.

Solution

Go to Start > Settings .
Select Accounts > Sign-in options.
Turn off Automatically save my restartable apps when I sign out and restart them when I sign in.

Other options:

Press Start then search Settings > Apps > Startup > Please try to turn everything off. Check if Edge will no longer start automatically.
Kindly check if you're using Windows Spotlight in your lock screen. Once you click Edge, it will automatically search for any word that you click after unlocking the device. It's recommended to change your lock screen settings.
Added by Moderator on 28 Jan 2022. Edge > Settings > System and performance > Startup boost > turn off.
Added by Moderator on 9 Feb 2022.

Posted on page 5 of this thread by TammyEldredge

* * Refers to Edge legacy, not Edge Chromium. * *

I've been having the same problem and none of the settings changes worked for me.

After much searching, I found these instructions:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-loading-microsoft-edge-processes-startup-windows-10

I am no longer plagued by Microsoft Edge.

Added on 12 Feb 2022.

Posted by JeremiahV on 13 January.

Edge version 97.0.1072.62 contains the fix and will be installed per your regular update policies over the next day or so. If you'd like to force the update immediately, you can head over to edge://settings/help in the address bar or Settings > About Microsoft Edge and trigger the update manually.

If you've made any registry edits or GPO changes as mitigation, you can revert those after the update!

Added on 12 Feb 2022.

Posted by AmyTorres2 on Feb 3...

I still have to make sure that my cursor is not hovering over the center of the screen, where one of the pre-login screen messages is, when I click it to bring up the login screen, as that does open Edge.

9. Added on 5 March 2022.

When waking up the computer from sleep...

Press any key on your keyboard, EXCEPT the 'space bar', seems the space bar opens up Edge by default from sleep.

On page 10 of this thread by Jane2022.

10. Added on 3 April 2022. From Kingianum on page 12.

In the end this is what did the trick:

Go to Lock Screen Settings. In the Background drop down, select either Picture or Slideshow. Choose your picture.

Done.

The Windows Spotlight option is what starts up Edge.

Sincerely
John DeV
Independent Advisor

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Anonymous

Hello,

If you've made any registry edits or GPO changes as mitigation, you can revert those after the update!

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Anonymous

* * Mod note: Refers to Edge legacy * *

Hi Joseph ~

I've been having the same problem and none of the settings changes worked for me.

After much searching, I found these instructions:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-loading-microsoft-edge-processes-startup-windows-10

I am no longer plagued by Microsoft Edge.

Give it a try. I hope it works for you too!

   ~ Tammy

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2022-01-09T18:28:04+00:00

My problem started around 6th January too - but I am not running an HP laptop. Mine is a Dell. Fortunately switching of the 2 tasks mentioned in task scheduler has fixed my problem when nothing else worked - and I mean nothing. Tried everything mentioned on this thread to no avail - and a couple of other things suggested elsewhere when I googled it. I have had NO updates since December so you may be right about your updates - but it MAY just be a coincidence?

What version of Windows are you running? I am running W11 - 22000.376 co_release

I am using Windows 10 Version 10.0.19043 (Build 19043).

ANOTHER UPDATE: I thought doing a system restore had solved my problem because, I thought, it would undo all the changes done during the driver updates that were forced upon me on 06 Jan2022 (including MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore related dodgy changes). Indeed, the problem seemed to have gone away when I did a couple of restarts of my laptop last night.

However, today (09 Jan 2022) when I booted up my laptop, the problem came back! Which means either the system restore point that was available to me from 06 Jan was created *after* that dodgy looking HP driver update, or the problem runs deeper than just undoing a driver update.

If nothing else works, I will fall back on @Cry111 's excellent solution involving MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore . But ideally I would like to get to the bottom of this: why and how such a nuisance task was added to my laptop in the first place.
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2021-08-29T18:22:51+00:00

To Don Varnau Volunteer,

Let Microsoft know that customers do not want Edge- see the above post. I just submitted the exact same thing.

Edge is a bully, see what the person says above It make them "HATE IT WORSE". SAME FOR ME AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHERS- WAIT, MICROSOFT MUST HAVE AN IDEA THAT PEOPLE HATE EDGE.
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