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
    2024-02-26T07:35:10+00:00

    Sadly, the issue is not fixed for me using version 122.0.2365.52 (Official build). So, I need to continue using the Windows End Task feature for developers to close Edge.

    Try this =

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftEdge/comments/1ac4ioa/a\_workaroud\_to\_prevent\_background\_running\_after/?rdt=39748

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-26T03:12:00+00:00

    That's bad news for me. I have a Windows 11 laptop with 23H2 they installed. Haven't even looked at that yet. Thanks for the heads up that Firefox works. Hear that EDGE people, I'm going to dump Edge browser.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-26T03:03:57+00:00

    Edge update, I'm on windows 11.

    I already wasted enough time trying to fix it but it won't stop running in the background, only way is to manually close it in task manager, this is stupid I'm done with edge for now. It's probably intentional they didn't bother fixing it in more than 6 months

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-26T02:55:45+00:00

    Jrs_444:

    What new update. Edge or Windows 10 'upgrade' update?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-26T02:44:52+00:00

    It's not fixed in new update, better fix for me was deleting this garbage and going back to firefox, it works perfectly now, when I click on close the app is closing, it's amazing

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