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
    2024-01-15T14:41:54+00:00

    Hi Rossco,

    it's only happening on Win11 ... NOT on Win10 machine.

    The Win11 machine has a 500GB SSD ONLY for the system ... lots of space, also,

    i9 Intel, 32 GB Ram ... so ... resources?? I don't know.

    In my opinion it's stupid features added to latest versions that require edge to run.

    But I'm not an expert.

    BTW, as mentioned, I switched to InPrivate a default and Edge is NOT running in the background anymore ...

    shuts down as soon as closed.

    However, I will check ones in a while if it keeps running in normal mode.

    Cheers

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T15:22:14+00:00

    Now you've made me want to check my Windows 11 machine. My Windows 10 Home system has had a helpful EDGE update, BUT, I it's still running in the background and not completing all its 'close browser' tasks. Thanks for the reply. I'll be limping along until they fix it. Can't even watch a football game - resources have gone 76% to 100% and cooling fan screaming!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T17:10:56+00:00

    Hi,

    no, I don' have any of those symptoms. It must be something else. Actually, I only noticed that Edge runs in the background because ccleaner made me aware of it. Otherwise, I would not even know ... no sucking up of resources. What you described, in my humble opinion, can't be caused by Edge. It must be a huge diversion of resources by something.

    Again, it happened only in Win11 machine ... not in Win10 machine, both quite powerful.

    Hope you can solve the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T17:11:04+00:00

    Hi,

    no, I don' have any of those symptoms. It must be something else. Actually, I only noticed that Edge runs in the background because ccleaner made me aware of it. Otherwise, I would not even know ... no sucking up of resources. What you described, in my humble opinion, can't be caused by Edge. It must be a huge diversion of resources by something.

    Again, it happened only in Win11 machine ... not in Win10 machine, both quite powerful.

    Hope you can solve the problem.

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  5. 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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