Ending the Browser Process Running in the Background

When you close Chrome and Edge browsers with the Browser - Classic extension installed, the browser process continues to run in the background. You can perform these procedures to end the browser process running in the background.

To end the Chrome browser process running in the background

When you close Chrome and Edge browsers with the Endpoint Security extension installed, the browser process continues to run in the background. You can perform these procedures to end the browser process running in the background.

  1. Select Start and type CMD.

  2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

    The Command Prompt window appears.

  3. Run:

    REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v BackgroundModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0

  4. Press Enter.

To end the Edge browser process running in the background

  1. Select Start and type CMD.

  2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

    The Command Prompt window appears.

  3. Run:

    REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v BackgroundModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0

  4. Press Enter.

Browser Extension Pinning

For more information, see Browser Settings in Web & Files Protection.