How to Prevent Edge Chromium from Running in the Background

Edge Chromium is Microsoft‘s new browser, a point in the history of the company’s browser to finally build on Google’s OpenSource Chromium browser. This browser has been installed by default on the computers of Windows 10 users, replacing the classic version of Edge. If we use it, no problem. However, if we are not Microsoft browser users, it is possible that one of its functions is causing it to consume more memory and CPU than it should. Even being closed.

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Modern web browsers, such as Edge and Chrome, have a feature that allows them to always remain open in the background. Thus, when we close the browser window, the engine is loaded into memory and, when we open it again, it automatically opens instantly. This means that extensions, apps and other content is always in the memory of our PC. And that content consumes hundreds of megabytes of RAM , and several CPU cycles, which could perfectly be used for other purposes.

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If we already have the new Edge Chromium on our computer, and we do not want this browser to be constantly loaded in memory, with a simple configuration we can avoid it. To do this, we just have to open the new Edge Chromium on our computer and write in the address bar:

edge: // settings / system

A browser configuration page will open. In it we can see an option called ” Continue running applications in the background when Microsoft Edge is closed “. We disable it from your switch.

Opciones sistema Edge Chromium

Ready. We can close the browser that, every time we do it, it will close completely. All processes will be downloaded from RAM. The only thing we will notice is a slight delay the next time we open the browser. Something invaluable if we have a relatively powerful computer.

Edge Chromium brings most Chrome features

It is not uncommon, nor coincidental, that Edge has implemented this function just like its rival Google Chrome. As both browsers are based on Chromium, the two share most of the features and functions we can find.

In addition to finding the function to run in the background, on the same configuration page we can find another option that shares with Chrome: use hardware acceleration .

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Both options work the same in both browsers and are activated and deactivated in the same way. Synchronization, accessibility, and even extensions and themes to customize Edge are the same in both browsers.

For many users, the new Edge Chromium is the perfect browser . It brings all the good things about Chrome (compatibility, performance, stability, etc.), but at the same time it is far from Google. This means that the privacy when browsing with it is much higher than what you get when you do it from the Google browser. For other users it is just another Microsoft fudge. We will have to wait to see who is right.

Now you just have to wait to see if users are encouraged to give the new Edge Chromium a second chance and if a new browser war begins. A war in which someone is able to overthrow Chrome.