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
    2024-01-31T14:53:24+00:00

    Hi Sidney,

    again ... I have - never had - any Edge startup items in Task Manager.

    However, I still have Edge Version 121.0.2277.83 - so await 122.

    Please see alternative fix above/

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T16:14:15+00:00

    Klaus Rossler: Thanks for your feedback. I, and another, have exactly the same symptoms of HIGH Memory usage warnings and Max Fan speed. While watching football, yesterday 28 Jan 2024, with only one tab open, used 90% of my 8 gig with Fan on Max the whole time. Are you sure your fan isn't broken? Both of us are going to be patient for update/fixes addressing Edge's features of late.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-28T21:13:56+00:00

    Microsoft Edge continues to run in the background because it provides internet services to other parts of Windows and to Microsoft Store.

    This isn't hard to understand. If you wrote an operating system that depended on contacting the internet, would you be happy to let your arch rival provide those internet services? I don't think so. I think you'd want to make sure that it's your browser that you control that's providing internet services for your operating system and your app store.

    That's why the back end of Microsoft Edge (the technical part, without the user interface) continues to appear in Task Manager, even when you aren't actually using the browser yourself.

    For all other use of the internet - web browsing, email, social media, YouTube, etc. - you are free to use any browser, and to make that browser your default. For me, that's Google Chrome.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T17:31:53+00:00

    Thanks for that. I do know that MY Windows 10 "HOME" edition (with 500G SSD) is somewhat special 22H2.

    I am running the latest EDGE says (up to date) 120.0 2210.133. I also compliment EDGE fixes when I see them, but they haven't addressed the resources consumption for me as yet.

    This is what I see when EDGE is open right now, but, keeps going above 76% to 100% Memory

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-08T15:09:15+00:00

    Hi,

    I reply to both, David and Alexander.

    I basically turned everything off that I don't really need, as in background apps - all, except weather and mail. (In services / task manager / Ccleaner ... lots!)

    And so on ... there are dozens of items that can be turned off in Settings, Group Editor (only for Pro), Registry, Services, Task Manager, etc.

    On the other hand - with a half decent powerful machine / desktop (laptops ?? / battery??) some background apps running won't effect any performance at all. For me it's more the principle and Microsoft forcing useless features on us we haven't asked for.

    I also uninstalled everything Outlook (not needed at all, old or new - I have Office stand-alone - I use mail app for emails...perfect!), copilot, Telemetry, OneDrive, and more.

    Note: I don't have any of these problems on an older Win10 machine - so, it must be one or more of the new features introduced with Winn11.

    Some background processes are also more Spying attempts / collecting date from you. There are several ways of shutting all of this down. (numerous videos on Youtube how to do it)

    Concerning Edge - try opening InPrivate mode (can be set as default) and Edge stops running on after closing.

    Cheers

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