On the left side, scroll down until you see App Permissions and find Background apps. On the right-hand side look for Microsoft Edge and make sure that it's turned off. A reboot will be required before Edge no longers runs in the background. 2: Disable Edge With Group Policy Or Registry Change We now need to disable Prelaunch of Microsoft Edge. When you launch Microsoft Edge browser, its executable MSEdge.exe starts running in background. You can check it using Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) tool. But when you close the browser, MSEdge.exe process doesn’t stop and keeps running in Task Manager. I noticed that there are some Edge processes running in the background even though i'm not using Edge. I have also changed my default browser to Firefox. I did an end task but after a few hours (i actually checked the following day), Edge again is running in the background. Hi, I realize that you want to know why Edge is running in the background. I will try to help you with this issue. I would like to let you know that if Edge is select to run as Background apps then you will see Edge running in the background. Microsoft Edge Running in Background Windows 10 In Windows 10, there is a built-in web browser called Edge and you can use it to visit web pages, watch videos online, etc. Sometimes, you encounter some issues when using this browser, for example, Microsoft Edge is being used for sharing, Microsoft Edge not working, and more.
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