Microsoft edge running very slow

This thread is almost two years old, and whatever the situation may have been when it was started, that has changed a great deal in the interim. The thread is now locked.

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I had the same issue and tested the fixes listed here.

What worked for me was going to Task Manager and closing all Edge tasks.

I did the same thing with Chrome and now they're working great.

I have been battling this since last summer and I just figured out the fix for me. Disabling vertical tabs and now Edge runs normally. Edge would be unusable with vertical tabs enabled even with just one tab open. wth

edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose

set in such a way except last three item all other items clear when you close browser

There must have been something wrong with the update, just received another and everything back to normal.

edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose

set in such a way except last three item all other items clear when you close browser