How to turn off efficiency mode for edge?

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How to turn off efficiency mode for edge?

Rik Dhar 15

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The efficiency mode is turned off in Edge yet in task manager I see that edge is getting power throttled! How do I stop windows 11 from doing this?

William Par 35 Reputation points

2023-05-14T18:12:07.2733333+00:00

Yep, and it is annoying as annoying can be. Edge when switching tabs, even on a super high end system, will take its merry time when it's been sitting idle for very long. 64Gb of DDR5, I don't need it to be efficient, I need it to work with the 40 tabs I have open. Not hang like a piece of trash.
Silvio Parodi 0 Reputation points

2023-12-18T18:16:56.49+00:00

This is one of those features that should have never been deployed... Hit ctrl Z, Microsoft.

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William Par 35 Reputation points

2023-05-14T18:12:07.2733333+00:00

Yep, and it is annoying as annoying can be. Edge when switching tabs, even on a super high end system, will take its merry time when it's been sitting idle for very long. 64Gb of DDR5, I don't need it to be efficient, I need it to work with the 40 tabs I have open. Not hang like a piece of trash.
Silvio Parodi 0 Reputation points

2023-12-18T18:16:56.49+00:00

This is one of those features that should have never been deployed... Hit ctrl Z, Microsoft.

Answer 1

Anonymous

Hi @Rik Dhar ,

The Efficiency Mode in Microsoft Edge and Task Manager are different things with the same name. You have successfully turned off the Efficiency Mode from Microsoft Edge. As to the one from Task Manager, AFAIK, you can only turn it on/off directly in Task Manager via the option "Efficiency mode" or right click to uncheck "Efficiency mode". efficiencyMode

UPDATE

After an investigation, currently there's no such solution to permanently disable the task manager efficiency mode for Microsoft Edge. This behavior seems to only occur in Windows 11 22H2. Windows 11 21H2 and Windows 10 both disable power throttling by default. I suggest sending feedback using Feedback Hub to Windows 11 Team and pressing Alt+Shift+I in Edge to Edge Team.

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Shijie Li

Rik Dhar 15 Reputation points

2023-02-28T20:35:31.3333333+00:00

Hi Shijie Li,

I have been doing that all this while. But it's kind of frustrating to do it all the time. Is there a permanent way to switch it off or pause it for MS Edge?

Many thanks,
Rik
Anonymous

2023-03-01T06:22:34.8266667+00:00

Hi @Rik Dhar ,

I have made an investigation and updated my answer. Please check it.
Krystof Klima 0 Reputation points

2023-03-30T12:13:16.21+00:00

Unfortunatelly was helpfull this answer. But not good for us - users ;-(

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Limitless Technology 44,711

Hello there,

May be this is the performance detector.

Microsoft Edge proactively takes steps to minimize resource usage when your device is under pressure to keep your device running smoothly. One way Microsoft Edge does this is by putting tabs to sleep when memory pressure is detected on your device. Sometimes the proactive steps that Microsoft Edge takes are not enough to completely resolve the issue. For those instances, we built a feature called the Performance detector.

Learn about performance features in Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/learn-about-performance-features-in-microsoft-edge-7b36f363-2119-448a-8de6-375cfd88ab25

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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Rik Dhar 15 Reputation points

2023-02-28T20:56:08.9766667+00:00

I was unable to find the performance detector. It's not there in 'System and performance' as well.

And the system shouldn't be under pressure. There is plenty of system resources:
Rik Dhar 15 Reputation points

2023-02-28T20:59:04.8966667+00:00

Hi,

I was unable to find the "performance detector". It's not in "System and performance".

And the system should not be under pressure as there is plenty of system resources:

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Limitless Technology 44,711

Double post

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martin bauermann 0

I'm having this issue since yesterday. My edge is lagging a lot for no reason, since I have a good processor and 16gb of ram. However, disabling efficiency mode in the task manager or in edge itself seem to now solve the performance problem.

William Par 35 Reputation points

2023-05-14T18:16:34.32+00:00

It comes back on. Out of nowhere. If you disable it in Task Manager, it will come back on. I have 40 tabs open and keep having to switch it off. On a 13700K and 64Gb of DDR5 the browser runs like garbage when Efficiency starts its crap again. It will.

Answer 5

Rick Kaplan 0

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Make sure to disable "save resources with sleeping tabs." Just go to settings in edge and type efficiency in the search and it should pop up.

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