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I installed the new Secure Edge browser. Big mistake. How can I go back to the old one?
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I installed the new Secure Edge browser. Big mistake. How can I go back to the old one?
Hi Cleo, here's a quick example of how to remove Edge using PowerShell
Open an Elevated Windows PowerShell session by searching, [ Win + s ], for PowerShell and select "Run as Administrator".
The PowerShell Prompt will be displayed similar to;
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
To see a list of all installed Windows apps for the current user account, enter the following and press Enter/Return key ...
Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName >"$env:userprofile\Desktop\Apps_List.txt"
Above text is all on the one line and there's a space between PackageFullName and the right chevron >
Currently, I'm using the Legacy version of Edge and the info provided from Apps_List.txt (on the Desktop), is ...
| Name: | PackageFullName: |
|---|---|
| Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_44.19041.1.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe |
So, if I wanted to remove Edge I'd enter the following and press Enter/Return key ...
remove-appxpackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_44.19041.1.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Again, above is all on one line, with a space between 'package' and 'Microsoft.'.
As far as I'm aware, Edge Legacy is restored after you remove Edge Chromium and it's ability to AutoUpdate.
To prevent the Chromium AutoUpdate, open Notepad and copy&paste the following emboldened text ...
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate]
"DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium"=dword:00000001
The blank line after "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00", is intentional. Save this text file with any name you wish. Change the file extension, for example, rename chromium.txt to chromium.reg
Merge this .reg file into the Registry by double-clicking it, or right-click it and select 'Open with' then 'Registry Editor'.
Click Yes, when prompted "Are you sure you want to continue?".
Note that making this Registry change will never prevent you from explicitly installing Edge Chromium at a later time.
Kind regards.
Y'all can refer to this. I had the same doubts and got some amazing answers....
Searching for "Windows 10 App Remover" may help remove Edge Chromium? TBC.
You should end up with two files in a folder, the exe itself and a file named "System.Management.Automation.dll".
( It's just that I remember someone else saying that they were going to do a System Restore!)
I haven't installed Edge Chromium yet but have done the suggested Registry tweak for
co-existence.
Before I do install it, could anyone confirm that if I Export my Favorites from Edge Legacy,
that I'll be able to Import them to Edge Chromium?
Thanks.
Thank you for your reply. I solved the problem! Have a good and safe week.
Thaks for all. All is OK.