Why is edge running in the background after copilot installation?

Anonymous
2023-10-01T02:12:28+00:00

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.

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-19T20:44:00+00:00

    Because obviously Microsoft WANTS Edge to run regardless of choosing option in the browser NOT TO in the background, the easiest thing to do is to enable End Task option (Settings->System->For Developers) when you right click on the app on the taskbar (I don't think that every Windows 11 has this option, but 23H2 has). From now, I'm always closing like this, and kills all the processes. Thanks Microsoft, finally great use for one of your features that you add.

    Modern problems require modern solutions.

    I don't see End task on this 23H2 22631.3007, which build are you using?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-01T12:25:09+00:00

    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).

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-31T12:04:10+00:00

    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.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-18T10:27:32+00:00

    The number of instances is increasing. I noticed it first at 44, left it for a week just to get 53 and Windows choking at logon. Then I've disabled this madness . Edge is really messed up on some configurations.

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