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How to Prevent Microsoft Edge From Opening Automatically

How to Prevent Microsoft Edge From Opening Automatically

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Mel Hawthorne 11 Comments

When you boot up your computer, you generally want it to launch as quickly as possible. If you always or almost always use a program, you may want it to launch automatically when you sign in. It can, however, be really annoying if a program does this when you don’t want to use it. Not only do you have to manually close the program every time, but launching it also slows down your boot-up time a bit.

Annoyingly, the Edge browser can occasionally set itself to launch automatically on start-up. This may be OK if you like the Edge browser and want to use it. With only 4% of the browser market share, however, this is likely not the case. Thankfully, you can prevent Edge and other programs from launching automatically when you sign in.

How to prevent Edge from launching automatically

To prevent apps from launching at system start-up, you need to open Task Manager. The easiest way to do this is to press Ctrl+Shift+Esc. Alternatively, you can press the Windows key, type “Task Manager”, then press enter.

In Task Manager, switch to the “Start-up” tab.

Tip: If you can’t see any tabs, you’re likely in the simplified view. Click the “More details” arrow in the bottom right corner to open the full Task Manager view.

In the Start-up tab, you can see a list of all programs which are configured to launch when you sign in. Find Edge in the list of programs, right-click it and then click “Disable”. This will prevent Edge from starting automatically on system boot-up.

Right-click on “Edge”, then click “Disable”.

Tip: It’s recommended that you review the list of software that starts automatically with Windows. Some software, such as audio drivers are important to allow. You may not want other software, such as Skype, automatically launching though. Just remember you can always manually launch the programs even if you prevent them from launching automatically.

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Filed Under: Windows Tagged With: Microsoft Edge, Windows 10

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  1. Shaun says

    April 14, 2021 at 4:12 am

    Apologies I think that I’ve added the below solution to the wrong thread!

  2. Linda Ray says

    March 7, 2021 at 3:53 pm

    Yes, Edge is present in start-up list in task manager and Opera too.

    To get rid off Edge opening automatically with system start, first disable it in start-up list. Then look for any extension/s running in Edge browser, if so, turn the extension/s off.
    Then go to Edge settings by clicking the three dots. Navigate to system tab -> Turn off Startup boost and Save resources with sleeping tabs. Voila.
    Now edge will close properly and would not start automatically on system startup.

  3. Elena says

    February 26, 2021 at 8:29 am

    As noted by a bunch of others, Edge is not listed in my start-up menu either.

  4. Linda Chandler says

    February 12, 2021 at 10:21 am

    No, Edge is not on my start-up list in task manager.

  5. Aryeh Gee says

    February 1, 2021 at 2:54 am

    Edge is not in my start up list, and starts every time I open my PC.

  6. Laurentius says

    January 10, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    Same as above on two computers out of five. Edge is not in the start-up list in task manager and also the “Automatically save my restartable apps” is disabled. Annoying.

  7. Huw says

    December 25, 2020 at 3:00 pm

    Same here — very annoying!

  8. Donneve Rae says

    December 15, 2020 at 11:42 pm

    Edge is not listed on the startup list in my Task Manager, either.

  9. Mark Zubler says

    November 15, 2020 at 7:20 am

    Microsoft Edge is not listed in the startup list of apps. It still launches every time, though my default browser is Chrome.

  10. Mike Josephs says

    November 13, 2020 at 10:06 am

    Edge is not in my start up list either, and starts every time I open my PC

  11. Nigel Thurstan says

    November 7, 2020 at 5:24 pm

    Hmm. Edge is not in the start-up list in task manager. I often find it running even tho Firefox is my default browser.

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