How do I remove Microsoft Edge From Windows 10?

Anonymous
2020-06-11T00:50:33+00:00

I've poked around and all threads on this question seem to have been locked. I'm not sure why we're forced to have edge installed if we don't want it. Can someone please provide exact instructions on how to remove Edge?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2020-10-27T21:33:02+00:00

Hey there, everyone

Microsoft Edge cannot be uninstalled from Windows. This is because the browser is built into Windows - but gets updates separately from the Windows Update client. 

No matter which command you decide to run in PowerShell, this will not work. You can, of course, use an alternative browser. To do this, please download and install a browser of your choice though the Microsoft Store, or though the web browser. 

Once you launch the other web browser, such as Chrome, it will ask you if you want to make that browser a default browser. Once you select this, everything should open in Chrome, and not Edge. 

For those who are saying that Microsoft is forcing you to use Edge. You can use a different browser instead of Edge. Just like, if you were using an iPhone, you can install another browser instead of the built-in browser called Safari. Android systems have a built-in browser too, which cannot be uninstalled, but you are able to use a different browser too. 

Is this something new? No, browsers have always been built into the OS. Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 have Internet Explorer which is built into the OS. Windows 8, 8.1, 10 also have Edge built in too. 

As nothing more can be added to this thread, I am going to go ahead and lock the thread. If you would like to leave feedback about Microsoft Edge. You can do so via the Feedback Icon within the browser next to your Avatar (Profile Picture). 

Regards,

Was this answer helpful?

30+ people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

141 additional answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T11:07:21+00:00

    Change your default browser.

    That's what I did when IE11 was abandoned.

    I took a peek at the old Edge when it was still in beta testing - in other words - early releases to the customer. That version didn't impress me. The only bit of the new Edge I've seen is when it took over my screen at login and put shortcuts everywhere, so I don't have a fair evaluation of it.

    I have no problem with Microsoft loading it. If I have a piece of software on my machine (whether I want it or not), I would like for it to be the latest copy with the latest security patches. Every piece of software on your machine is one more possible vector for infection and you should remove it if you don't use it.

    There are four things Microsoft could have done to make the process more obnoxious: (1) make it your default browser, (2) put it on your start-up menu so it loads at boot-up, (3) make Bing your default search engine and (4) reactivate Cortana to look at the web using Bing instead of searching your local machine only if you managed to set it up to do that.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T06:18:57+00:00

    hey, how about not force-install malware like Edge onto our computers in the first place? This is the WORST browser launch I've ever seen, and FORCED to see it, even.

    Was this answer helpful?

    4 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T05:02:44+00:00

    My Photo's will not work when I try to post on Facebook.  It uses Pictures which is different. The new Edge messed it up and I can't uninstall it.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-11T11:12:36+00:00

    @Jonas The Swedish Goth said:

    "However, get the New Edge. Not only is it pretty freaking good. But it also removes old Edge as a browser, and replaces it with New Edge Chromium."

    I agree wholeheartedly. I might have switched to the new Edge if I had not switched to another browser when the old Edge came out.

    I am not complaining about what Edge does to my computer. As best I can tell, it does nothing bad. The complaint is the IN-YOUR-FACE manner in which Microsoft introduced it. It wasn't even a pop-up ad - it wasn't a commercial on the login $creen. It was a full-screen invasion of my computer when I logged in. It installed shortcuts on every one of my taskbars and put a shortcut on my desktop.

    Other programs do this too but only WHEN I INSTALL THEM and they usually have check boxes you can uncheck to keep this from happening.

    A program that installs itself, without the user's permission and is this invasive is malware. It is a PUP - a potentially unwanted program. Edge was unwanted by me. As I said above, it's not harmful just unwanted. Had I gotten a pop up saying that it was available and would I like to install it, I probably would.

    I will give Microsoft credit: they could have done it a lot worse. They could have changed my browser preference to Edge and made Bing my search engine.

    Was this answer helpful?

    8 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments