Summary
This article explains how to stop Microsoft Edge from starting automatically on Windows startup and provides step-by-step instructions to disable Microsoft Edge auto-launch, prevent Edge from opening on boot, disable Edge from running in background, and turn off automatic Edge browser startup.
If you don't want Microsoft Edge to start when you sign in to Windows, you can change this in Windows Settings:
1. Go to Start > Settings .
2. Select Accounts > Sign-in options.
3. Turn off Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign in.