So Edge itself not being replaced so much as being rebuilt using an open source core, cutomized to maintain many of Edge’s features and integration with Microsoft’s services. There are two main reasons for the change. One is that customers expect and web.
However, there are a few reasons why you might see the new Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Edge Legacy on your Windows 10 device simultaneously: You might have installed the new Microsoft Edge without administrator privileges.
How many instances of Microsoft Edge are there in Windows 10?
When using Microsoft Edge, if you open Task Manager, then you will notice that there will be a number mentioned against the Microsoft Edge process. It can be 2 or 10 or 17. If you further expand, you will note there are multiple instances of Microsoft Edge even though you only have one instance of Edge running.
You might have installed the new Microsoft Edge without administrator privileges. If your device is managed by your organization, your organization might have intentionally turned on the Microsoft Edge side-by-side experience. Contact your administrator for more information regarding the side-by-side experience.
You can see several of them in the announcement video (if you look carefully at 0:45, you’ll even see the piece of meta-tag code that was used to signal “Edge” mode by websites in IE): So, a nice example where the name that the engineering team wanted aligned with what the marketing team wanted. And that’s why Edge is called Edge.
Nothing sneaky about it, you already had Edge on your computer if you are using Windows 10. If you are using an older version then it is to replace Internet Explorer as it’s development is coming to an end. You don’t speak for EVERYONE, so maybe you don’t want it but there are millions who have no issues with it.
It’s normal to have multiple Edge’s processes shown in Task Manager. This means that Edge and any other browser puts web apps and plug-ins in a separate process. This is to prevent the browser won’t lock up in-case a particular web app or plug-in stops responding .
How to check if there are multiple edge profiles configured in edge?
However, if this is not what you see, then it is possible there are multiple Edge Profiles configured in Edge or you may have pinned it to Taskbar. You can click on the Profile picture in Edge (Top right corner) and then go to Manage Profile Settings. Here you can check if any profile was created accidentally.