Edge keeps running in the Background

Anonymous
2023-10-23T13:57:28+00:00

Hi All,

I know ... this is old and usually easy ... turn off "Startup Boost" and "Continue running background apps ..."

I have those off and it always worked they way it supposed to.

All of a sudden Edge keeps running.

Indication for still running comes from Ccleaner, which removes all trackers. All of a sudden I get the message:

(paraphrased) Ccleaner can't clean because Edge is still running ... needs to be forced shut down"

In Task manager I also still see 11 Edge processes going even though Edge is shut off.

Again ... "Startup Boost" and "Background Apps ..." are unchecked in settings.

Any suggestions?

I repaired Edge already and nothing changed. Its updated.

PS: I checked in another machine (Win10), same Edge version ... no problems here ... all Edge processes in Task Manager disappear

when shutting Edge down.

Thanks

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-08T16:37:35+00:00

    Ok so I succeeded in stopping edge with instructions from this thread, however I found that the settings have mysteriously re-enabled themselves... tut tut.

    Probably from an update but seems odd that a group policy setting would change following updates.

    Sneaky.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-25T18:41:41+00:00

    Thank you Pedro! Don't understand why Microsoft makes it so difficult to shut down a browser. I had everything shut off in the Edge settings yet it still would be running in the background after I closed it. Your procedure to shut it down works! Makes you wonder why Edge is so hard to shut down...No other browser I have used is like that.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-16T18:42:35+00:00

    Setting these two group policies for computer and user AND uninstalling the (new) Outlook app that I recently installed fixed this issue for me on Windows 11. Edge was persistent and the process was opening again after closing until I uninstalled Outlook.

    UPD: Nope, Edge started reappearing again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-11T14:05:28+00:00

    Hello All,

    this topic seems to go on and on, with various recommendations/fixes, and always different results for a lot of people.

    Personally, I don't have any issues anymore ... Edge always closes immediately. However, I'm not sure what did it ... tweaks in registry and group editor, in Windows settings and, of course, in Edge itself. I did all of them and left them. Also, no OneDrive (accessible via web anyways), no Teams, no NewOutlook, no Telemetry, etc. ... more privacy and less Ai / big brother. I prefer to control/set/maintain things myself.

    Not sure either if the new Edge version 122 made a difference.

    So, all is good here!

    However, I'm sticking with "InPrivate" mode just to avoid the Hollywood gossip and sports under the search bar ... don't want to switch to Google and Address bar in Edge settings> privacy > at the bottom... to avoid them.

    I think this topic is closed for me .. everything works fine.

    Cheers

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