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title: "How do I stop Microsoft Edge?"  
description: "How do I stop Microsoft Edge?"  
author: "Austin Dcruz"  
published: 2022-02-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96021/how-do-i-stop-microsoft-edge  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["microsoft edge", "edge", "troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do I stop Microsoft Edge?

How do I stop Microsoft Edge?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**Steps to stop** [**Microsoft Edge:**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96022/why-is-microsoft-edge-not-deleting)

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- **Go to C:WindowsSystemApps** and double-click it.
- Locate the 'Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge 8wekyb3d8bbwe' folder.
- Rename the folder by attaching '_DISABLED' to the end of the name, for example.
- The complete path of the Microsoft Edge folder should now be 'C: WindowsSystemAppsMicrosoft.Microsoft Edge 8wekyb3d8bbwe DISABLED' if you followed our naming example.
- In the short term, this should stop the browser, but a future Windows 10 upgrade may undo the name change to the Edge folder and re-enable the browser. To prevent this from happening, make sure the browser's update services aren't launched automatically.

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