Edge will not close - any help please?

Anonymous
2025-05-17T09:07:34+00:00

Ok - This morning I opened Edge (w10) and when I clicked the X to close, it would not close. I tried to minimise and click close, still would not work. I can only close it via task manager or rebooting. Nothing has chnaged since last night, so no idea why it has happened. Is there a simple answer as in apps both uninstall and modify are grayed out.

The PC is mine, not a work one and is W10.

Keith

PS - Just tried with my w10 laptop, am able to close edge as normal. So have no idea why the desktop is playing up. Is there a solution?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-19T14:13:35+00:00

    For people who continue to have this issue even after disabling the "graphics acceleration" and "startup boost" options, try signing out of your user profile in Edge. This has resolved the issue on a few machines. It would seem one of the recent updates causes problems with profile syncing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-19T13:49:52+00:00

    This does not help. When I first open Edge I can immediately close it but as soon as I've looked at anything it then will not close. I've unset all of the settings mentioned above.

    This started happening about 1 week ago.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-19T13:37:54+00:00

    Thanks Larry! Solved my issue too.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-19T13:31:50+00:00

    Thank you. Your solution worked for me.

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