Enable or Disable Task Manager End Process Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
Let’s discuss enabling or disabling the Task Manager End Process Policy in MS Edge Browser using the M365 Admin Center. Microsoft 365 Policies allows you to customise your Edge browser according to your preferences. These polices help you to easily manage Edge Browser.
To manage Edge Browser, it a built-in tool called Task Manager in Microsoft Edge. It allows users to monitor and manage the browser’s processes. It provides insights into how different tabs, extensions, and background services are consuming CPU, memory, network, and GPU resources.
The Task Manager End Process feature in Microsoft Edge allows users to terminate individual browser processes, such as tabs, extensions, or background services, directly from Edge’s Task Manager. This can be useful when a tab becomes unresponsive or an extension is consuming excessive system resources.
Users can monitor and manage browser tasks without relying on external system tools. As per your preference, you can enable or disable the Task Manager End Process Policy in the MS Edge Browser. This policy provides many advantages for your organisation.
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How Admins Can Control Task Manager End Process Policy?
IT administrators can maintain control over browser behavior, ensuring compliance with organisational policies.
Task Manager End Process Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
Task Manager End Process Policy helps free up system resources by closing tabs or extensions that consume excessive CPU or memory. It prevents Edge from freezing by shutting down problematic processes individually.
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Steps to Configure Task Manager End Process Policy
You can easily configure the Task Manager End Process Policy in your organisation. To start policy creation, Open the Microsoft 365 admin center. Go to Settings > Microsoft Edge > Configuration Policies > + New Policy.
Basic Tab
Using the Basic tab, you can add a policy name and description according to the Policy. It is a big step in policy creation in the 365 Admin Centre. The Name field is very important and mandatory, but Description is not necessary. The profile type and platform are automatically added. Click on the Next button.
Settings Tab
The Settings tab is very crucial while creating a policy. Click the Add setting option in the window below to add a setting. There are 2 options you can see to add settings. You can choose any of these.
On the Configure a setting page, you can select different types of categories to select settings. Here, I choose Additional Settings and select Task Manager End Processes. You can see 2 values on this policy for these settings. You can enable or disable this if you want to go with this policy.
More Details
The More Details tab is shown next to the Value Tab. This tab helps to know the details of the selected policy setting. It ensures critical browser processes remain active, preventing unexpected crashes or data loss.
| Enable | Don’t Configure | Disable |
|---|---|---|
| If you enable this policy, users can end processes in the Browser task manager | If you don’t configure this policy, users can end processes in the Browser task manager | If you disable it, users can’t end processes, and the End process button is disabled in the Browser task manager. |
Disable Task Manager End Processes
If you want to Disable Text prediction, you can choose the Disable value from the text box. Disabling this policy prevents unauthorised users from force-closing security-related processes, such as monitoring extensions or corporate policies. Select the Disable value, then click on the Select button.
Enable Task Manager End Processes
Here, I would like to enable the Task Manager End Processes Policy. So I select Enable value, then I click on the Create button, and I get the success notification. Look at the window below.
Then you can close the configuration settings window. Then the created policy is shown on the Settings page. Click on the Next button. Look at the window below for more clarity.
Extensions
The extensions tab helps you add extensions like Edge Add-on, Sidebar app, External extension, etc. This is optional for your policy. You can add an extension. Here, I skip this section and click on the Next button.
Assignments Tab
The assignments tab is the most important; it helps you select groups to add to the policy chosen. You can use different groups for this. Here I select 1 group. Click on the +Select group and select a Microsoft Entra group.
After the group is selected, you can see the success notification on the Portal. The Notification is that the “Group have been updated. Data will not be saved until it has been reviewed and saved in the “finish” step. The selected group will show on the Assignment tab. Click on the Next button.
Finish Tab
The Finish Tab shows all the information that is added on the previous tabs. Here, you can verify all the sections and bring changes quickly. After confirming the details, click on the Review and Create button. The screenshot below will help you. After that, you will receive a success notification on the portal.
Monitoring Status
After getting the successful result, you should sync the device on the Company Portal. It helps you to easily complete the deployment. After that, you can check the Monitoring Status on the Intune Portal. The created policies Platform is Intune. That’s why we can check the monitoring status on the Intune Portal.
Client Side Verification – Event Viewer
After completing the policy creation the policy you should complete the client-side Verification. To do this, you can use Event Viewer. Follow the list below to access the event viewer. Click on the Start Menu, Search Event Viewer, and open it. On the User Account Control window, click on the Yes button.
- Here, the success result can be seen on Event ID 814
- On the Event Viewer Navigate > Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > DeviceManagement- Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider > Admin
MDM PolicyManager: Set policy string, Policy: (TaskManagerEndProcessEnabled), Area:
(microsoft_edge~Policy~microsoft_edge), EnrollmentID requesting merge: (B1E9301C-8666-412A-
BA2F-3BF8A55BFA62), Current User: (S-1-12-1-3449773194-1083384580-749570698-1797466236),
String: (), Enrollment Type: (0x6), Scope: (0x1).
End Result – Task Manager End Processes
The screenshot below is the Browser Task Manager of the Edge Browser. It shows different tasks running on the Edge Browser. Here you can also see the End Process Button, which helps to stop processes. After enabling the Task Manager End Processes Policy, you can access the End Process Button.
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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years (as of 2026) of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.
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