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?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-23T22:55:13+00:00

    I discovered how to close the Edge browser following trouble with it after the most recent Windows 11 update. Go to the three dots in the upper right corner of the Edge page and click on them. A drop-down menu will show up, and at the bottom of it you will see "Close Edge." I clicked on it and, yes! Edge finally closed. After doing that, clicking on the red "X" at the upper right corner once more started to work to close that browser page.

    WENDY!!!! You win the internet my friend. This needs to be bumped because this one actually works.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-25T18:17:29+00:00

    Same problem here. But in my case, even after using Task Manager to close all "Edge" processes, the unresponsive window remains. I end up having to reboot.

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