# How do I block Edge? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-block-edge/1031422 "2026-07-04T22:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-block-edge/1031422/27 "2026-07-10T12:24:40Z")
I’ve never seen that behavior, either. I suspect you have malware. Or, as someone suggested, a weird lag that makes it look like edge is randomly opening. But fwiw, i got fed up with other aspects of Windows to the point that i installed linux on my laptop, and one of the nice fringe benefits is that i don’t have distracting “stuff” going on, like pictures and news items and… Almost everything I do works in a default Ubuntu installation, and the interface is a lot like Windows, without the extra clutter. > [@Anyone seriously considering the switch from Windows to Linux?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seriously-considering-the-switch-from-windows-to-linux/1025650): > > I keep seeing a lot of people on Reddit saying they intend to (or asking how to) switch from Windows to Linux. I made that switch myself back in February and I haven’t looked back; I was already a Linux user alongside Windows for a very long time, but I no longer have any active Windows machines now. I’m using Linux Mint Cinnamon and I think my OS usage was probably part of the reason the transition was fairly painless for me - I don’t play games to any significant extent (although I understan… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-block-edge/1031422)._