This browser is no longer supported.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
As the title says, I was wondering why Edge is running in the background after Windows Update installed and I disabled Copilot from the taskbar. Edge's settings right now are like this:
Sidebar: disabled
Show Bing chat on sidebar: disabled
Startup Boos: disabled
Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed: disabled
And now I found this running in the background with the browser closed:
That's not even the browser's updater service. I stopped the task and it opened itself again a few minutes later.
As if the fake widgets I don't like or use are always running in the background despite many things I've tried, now I have Edge using system resources for no apparent reason.
Please help me find a solution to this problem.
Other issues or features related to Microsoft Edge on Windows 11
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
Congratulations to you. However, there are still affected users with Copilot disabled. So, no. It still occurs without the silly Copilot on Win 11 (latest ver/build).
I agree that it's a bug. It's a ridiculous and shameful bug. However, Edge continues running in the background once it is closed, even when Copilot and Widgets are completely disabled in the OS (of course, Startup tasks included) and the Edge sidebar, regardless of the related Edge system and performance settings you select. There isn't a "workaround" that can fix the current situation. Only a hotfix/update from MS Edge or MS Windows devs can fix this mess.
Not running in the background on my machines. 🤷♂️
Only happens if I use the silly Copilot.
I agree that it's a bug. It's a ridiculous and shameful bug. However, Edge continues running in the background once it is closed, even when Copilot and Widgets are completely disabled in the OS (of course, Startup tasks included) and the Edge sidebar, regardless of the related Edge system and performance settings you select. There isn't a "workaround" that can fix the current situation. Only a hotfix/update from MS Edge or MS Windows devs can fix this mess.
Edge doesnt appear in my start up settings at all
Stop using the silly Copilot.
Copilot is part of EDGE and doesn't shut it off when it closes. 🤷♂️
Edge doesnt appear in my start up settings at all