# msedgewebview2.exe

Application Process: Microsoft Corporation

Also called msedgewebview2, webview2, edge webview

Windows, Application

Microsoft Edge WebView2. Apps embed the Edge engine without opening a full browser window. You can see this process even if you never launch Edge.

## What you need to know

This is embedded Edge, not a second browser you installed by accident.

msedgewebview2.exe is the WebView2 runtime. Widgets, installers, Teams, and other apps host it. msedge.exe is the full browser. Ending every WebView can blank those apps.

- **Safe?**: Yes, from Edge WebView

  **Did I open Edge?**: Not required. An app embedded it

  **Many copies?**: One per host app is common

Feex says

If I never open Edge and still see WebView2, I look at Widgets or the app that just drew a web pane. I do not uninstall Edge to kill one embed.

## What is msedgewebview2.exe?

msedgewebview2.exe is the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime. It is Chromium in another app's window, not the Edge browser chrome.

## What does it do?

A host app creates a WebView2 environment. Extra copies are renderer or utility processes for that embed. It is not chrome.exe and it is not Widgets.exe itself.

## Why is it running?

An app or a Windows surface needed HTML. Foxhole often sees this near the top of sample counts because so many hosts embed it.

## Why are there multiple copies?

Several copies are normal. Match them to the parent app in Process Explorer, not to a second Edge install.

## Is it safe?

Usually safe

A signed runtime under EdgeWebView\Application is Microsoft. A webview2.exe in a random game folder is not the Evergreen runtime.

A legitimate copy normally runs from:

`C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\<version>\msedgewebview2.exe`

- Evergreen runtime path
- Full browser is msedge.exe
- Host app is the parent

## Can I end it?

The embed goes blank

Ending a WebView2 copy blanks that pane. The host app may restart it. Uninstalling the WebView2 runtime can break many apps at once.

## Can I remove it?

Only the unused runtime, carefully

Do not delete the runtime folder by hand. Apps that depend on WebView2 will fail. Windows and Office features are common dependents.

## Should it start with Windows?

Host apps start it. A Startup entry named WebView2 is unusual.

## Normal resource behavior

These are contextual labels, not universal averages.

- **CPU**: Follows the embedded page

  **Memory**: Chromium-class per host

  **GPU**: When the embed accelerates

  **Network**: If the pane loads the web

## File information

| Executable name        | msedgewebview2.exe                                                                      |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Common legitimate path | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\\\<version>\msedgewebview2.exe |
| Publisher              | Microsoft Corporation                                                                   |
| Signature expectation  | Signed by Microsoft Windows                                                             |

## Common problems

### People uninstall Edge to stop WebView2

The runtime is a separate install. Edge uninstall may not remove it, and should not be the first step.

### High RAM with Widgets

Widgets.exe hosts WebView2. Close Widgets as a test before you blame a full browser.

## Troubleshooting

Diagnose before you change anything destructive.

### See the parent process

Process Explorer shows which app created the WebView. That app is the article, not Edge Settings.

### Repair WebView2 from Apps if embeds crash

Do not download a random webview exe.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | msedgewebview2.exe    |
| ---------- | --------------------- |
| Product    | Edge WebView2 runtime |

## Related

These entities connect to this article. Type is shown on every link.

[msedge.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/process/msedge.exe)[Microsoft Edge: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/software/microsoft-edge)[Widgets.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/process/widgets.exe)

## Sources and verification

Reviewed by Feex editorial. Last verified August 2026 Status: Feex Reviewed. [How we research](https://feex.it/wiki/research).

- [Microsoft Learn: WebView2 ](https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/webview2/)· Embedded Edge runtime
- [Microsoft: Evergreen WebView2 ](https://developer.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/webview2/)· Runtime install path
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on Windows PCs. Not a lab benchmark.

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- **Type**: Windows Process

  **Publisher**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Executable**: msedgewebview2.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\\\<version>\msedgewebview2.exe

  **Mapped by Feex**: Seen on Windows PCs in Foxhole

  **Related app**: [Microsoft Edge](https://feex.it/wiki/software/microsoft-edge)

Feex Reviewed: Last verified August 2026

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