Disable Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed. Close Edge. Next, open the Task Manager, find the Microsoft Edge option, right-click, and choose the End task.

There are add-ons and extensions that users would like to stop using on browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari and Mozilla Firefox to save some storage space or ...

To do this, open Edge's settings menu, click Extensions and click the extension you want to configure. Under Show button next to the address bar, turn the toggle to On.

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