How to Enable or Disable Open Microsoft Edge at Startup in Windows 11

Change Your Personal Edge Startup Setting

This change affects only your user account. If others use your computer, this change will not impact their experience.

Open Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge from your Start menu ⊞ or taskbar.

Go to Edge Settings

With Edge open, locate the three dots (...) in the top-right corner. Click these dots, then select ‘Settings’ from the list that appears. This is where you can modify many browser options.

Find Startup Settings

Edge startup settings are located inside the browser settings menu under the start and tab options. Open Microsoft Edge, click the three dots in the top-right corner, and choose Settings to locate the controls for managing edge startup windows 11 behavior on your computer.

Turn the Startup Option On or Off

Control Microsoft Edge startup behavior directly from your Windows settings. Find the setting labeled 'On Windows device start, automatically open Edge when you sign into Windows'. Flip the toggle to 'On' to launch the browser at login, or 'Off' to keep it closed.

Close Settings

You can now close the Settings tab in Edge, or close the browser entirely. Your adjustment is saved automatically.

Control Edge Startup for Everyone (Requires Admin Rights)

Registry Editor allows you to control edge startup windows 11 settings for every user account on a shared computer at once. This advanced method requires an administrator account and edits system registry keys to enforce the startup behavior across the entire device.

This option utilizes a policy setting for Microsoft Edge, which allows computer administrators to control how applications function. It works with newer versions of Edge (version 152 and above).

Choose What You Want to Do

Registry tweaks for edge startup windows 11 give you three choices: force the browser to open automatically for everyone, block it from launching completely, or restore default settings so individual users can decide for themselves.

• Enable Edge to open at startup for all users.
• Disable Edge from opening at startup for all users.
• Reset to default. This lets each user control Edge startup through their own Edge settings, like we showed earlier.

For those curious, these Registry files modify a specific setting location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge. This is the path where Windows looks for rules that govern how apps behave. The setting being changed is LaunchEdgeOnWindowsStartupEnabled. Setting it to 1 enables it. Setting it to 0 disables it. If you remove this setting entirely, it reverts to the default, allowing each user to manage it independently.

Summary

You can control whether Microsoft Edge opens automatically when you start Windows. For a personal preference, use the Edge settings menu. For a setting that applies to all users on a computer, you can employ advanced techniques involving policy settings, which require administrator privileges.