Poll results and comments reveal that even loyal Edge users have zero interest in the browser forcing itself into the Windows ...

A banner is appearing at the top of Edge that says the browser "now launches when you sign in to Windows..." ...

A new update now in testing sets Edge to automatically appear at startup, and you are forced to opt-out if you don't want it.

macOS 26 Tahoe offers two methods for turning off auto-launch. First, you can right-click on the app icon while it’s running.