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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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-19T18:11:48+00:00

    i have also noticed this VERY FRUSTRATING issue. I have a brand new laptop with edge already installed running win11 and am old desktop running win10 and have noticed this on both machines at the same time .

    the version on both is

    Microsoft Edge is up to date.

    Version 136.0.3240.76 (Official build) (64-bit)

    PLEASE MICROSOFT FIX THIS ISSUE !

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-19T16:14:38+00:00
    1. To close the window: Ctrl+Alt+Del and End Task.
    2. Go to Settings > Apps > Microsoft Edge > Modify > Repair

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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
    2025-05-18T17:47:55+00:00

    I'm experiencing the same issue. This didn't start happening until the update on 05/15/24. I've done everything everyone else has on this thread, but it still won't close unless I end the task in Task Manager.

    MS introduced something in the update that caused this issue!

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-18T05:11:28+00:00

    Clicked off "Graphics Acceleration" and restarted.

    Worked great. Now closes. Turned Graphics Acceleration back on and no more issues.

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