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
    2024-03-04T11:45:10+00:00

    Hey Folks! I Just clean installed Windows 11 Home, deleted the inbuilt Microsoft edge and all its related files and installed Microsoft Edge Beta.

    I don't to seem to have this problem anymore.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-03T21:39:59+00:00

    Good for you,

    but I don't have / never had the issue on my Win10 machine ... only Win11.

    Klaus, maybe you can review your Win 10 Edge related settings and find what's working for you. I have one Win11 machine and 3 Win10 machines, and they all behave exactly the same with edge running in the background after closing. I'd be curious to see what's working so well for your Win10 machine.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-03T21:27:26+00:00

    Good for you,

    but I don't have / never had the issue on my Win10 machine ... only Win11.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-03T02:55:08+00:00

    After rebooting few times?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-02T18:21:43+00:00

    That fix worked for me. Edge is closing all the process after I applied the fix.

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