Noticed Microsoft Edge is super slow to react or lagging while switching between tabs or when inputting text fields or using mouse clicks? You’re not alone. The latest Edge 111 has this issue reported by many users. Microsoft is aware of the lag and is investigating, meanwhile, if you’re affected check the fix for the Edge lag in this article. The fix works on Edge for latest Windows 10 and Windows 11.
What’s happening?
Edge Lagging issue
All of a sudden, plenty of users started experiencing Edge as laggy.
Lagging means Edge takes a long time to react to mouse clicks. For instance, if you click on a link or tab in Edge, the browser reacts very late.
While the slowness may be contributed to open tabs, cache, extensions, settings, and networking issues.
These can be fixed by resetting Edge, clearing the cache, and disabling Edge extensions, when none or all not worked, you should wonder what’s wrong with Edge.
The Edge version in question is 111.
Omen Gaming Hub update makes Edge browser laggy
“Starting this morning Edge got very laggy, but when I have my normal few dozen tabs open it’s so slow as to be unusable. Everything takes forever, launching the browser –new tabs, switching tabs, rendering pages, getting a menu to appear, keyboard and mouse input –it’s all abysmally slow. Doing any of those things takes anywhere from 30 seconds to over a minute” one Edge user reported on Reddit.
There are several threads [1] [2] over this on the Edge subreddit in the past few days.
It may not be a coincidence that the recent Omen Gaming Hub update is causing the issue for most.
If you feel your Edge is taking a long time to react to your mouse clicks or input, check if you’re running HP Omen laptops with Omen gaming Hub installed.
Most users reported disabling or uninstalling Omen Gaming Hub fixed the Edge Lag issue for them, it’s your turn to check and take action.
Update: Omen Gaming Hub received Hotfix for the Edge lag issue. Download the app update from the Microsoft store right away if you’re affected.
Fix Microsoft Edge’s lagging issue in version 111
- Open Task Manager,
- Look for “Omen Gaming hub” and kill it.
- Open Edge and see if the issue persists.
If you neither own an HP laptop nor Omen Gaming Hub Listed in installed apps, you need to try the following until Microsoft addresses the issue with an update for all.
Other ways to Fix Microsoft Edge’s lagging or slow issue
- Go to Settings > System and Performance, disable “Startup boost”
- Disable extensions and check
- Browse Edge in Private browsing mode and see if it feels normal
- Delete browsing history and cache using the clear browsing data dialog
- Reset Edge.
How is your Microsoft Edge doing? Do you have HP Omen Gaming Hub app installed? Has the article helped you? Let us know in the comments below.
Summary: Apparently, most of the users running Edge version 111 reported Edge is being super laggy and slow. If you’re affected, check if you’ve Omen Gaming Hub on the HP machine and kill it in Task Manager for Edge to run like normal again. If you’re not running Edge on an HP Omen machine with the Gaming Hub app installed, wait for Microsoft to resolve the issue for you or follow the steps mentioned in this article.
Oh mann!!!! This really helped me .Tried many workaround resetting etc… It’s good to know that. Thanks for it
I thought turning off my PC for a day caused this annoying lagging issue, but then, thanks to this article, uninstalling the HP Omen Gaming Hub solved the issue.
Thank you very much!
Thank you! It was such a disaster. Problem is solved.
I am to facing this issue. Started noticing UI lag and scrolling is not smooth and animations are also lagging.
These issue started yesterday. I have a Hp laptop but there is no application names “OMEN GAMING HUB “.
Tried updating everything but the issue still persists.
Don’t know what to do ? Any ideas and suggestions ?
Try disabling efficiency mode and let us know if it works or not.
Even tho Im not that person you were replying to but it worked in my case. Thank you so much.