Edge running multiple windows in the background.

Question

System Windows 10 64-bit

Hi,

Whenever I'm using Microsoft Edge It's "hanging" on tasks and I notice that even though I have only one window open, it has multiple instances running in the task manager causing it to eat resources.   It isn't running in the background apps in the setting and I've cleared all cache multiple times.  Everything is up to date as far as windows updates, etc....

Answer 1

As outlined in the video, it's a way for Edge to manage the tabs and extensions opened and make sure it's stable and work the way it's supposed to. This technique is also used by other browsers – it's just how Edge is designed.

You can provide feedback to the dev team so they further improve Edge by pressing Alt + Shift + I. Any new features and change to Edge will be sent via a notification at the upper right corner of the window, and you can update it any time they're available.

Answer 2

Hello!

I'm your Independent Advisor for today. Let's figure this out and come up with a solution.

The new Edge, much like Chrome, splits off each tab and each extension into its own process, with each occupies its own space and memory. This is to ensure that the other tabs still work when one of them stop working.

You can find more information about it here. This also applies to Edge since both are built on Chromium:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFT9rKt7HpI&amp...

Hope this helps.

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Answer 3

Thanks for the quick answer.  I disabled all of the extensions and still get the processes running below when I only have one window running.

Answer 4

It's a "feature" not a bug.