A number of users reportedMicrosoft edge high CPU usageproblems on windows 11.

This is the very first step you better do whenever the net online gate starts acting on windows 11.

Lets disable all extensions and look for any changes there.

Disable Hardware Acceleration

TheHardware acceleration featureon edge allows assigning workloads to both the GPU and the CPU.

But sometimes this feature of hardware acceleration harms performance more than it helps.

Lets turn off the Hardware Acceleration option on Microsoft edge and look to see if this helps.

In addition, disabling the startup boost option helps them fix high CPU usage in Edge.

In addition, enable theFade sleeping tabsoption to improve memory and CPU performance.

We recommend perform a full system scan for virus malware infection with the latest updatedantivirusor antimalware program.

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Download KB5055523 for Windows 11 (24H2) April 2025 Security Update