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I have Windows 10 Pro running my computer and would like to completely get rid of Edge. I don't use it and don't plan on ever using it so it's basically just a nuisance to me. Any help would be appreciated.
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As far as I know, it isn't possible to get rid of Edge completely. However, you can install some other web browser and set it as the system default.
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Should be interesting to see if this gets deleted.
you can compleatly remove Edge from windows, it's to compicated and "this is by design." there is no reason other then the legal requierment to make it this way, they are not alowed to install their own seperat browser app in there OS, so they pretend that the browser is an intricat part of the OS, Chrome is more a Web Browser then an OS ot begine whit and MacOS is doing the same as windows.
The problem is that Edge is NOT actuly an "critical components" of the windows os as much as they pretned it is, it can be removed deleted and windows will run just fine if you do it correctly, windows will reinstall it the moment it detects what you did and usualy it's not worth the hassle.
but Edge cause problem whit other browsers and several apps break becase of how Edge will place itself in the way.
I wish Edge would be optional.
This used to work, but Microsoft figured out how many millions of people were unintalling Edge (because it's hot garbage), and they closed the back door.
Microsoft has actually started changing the default browser back to Edge without users' permission every time they install an update. Not only do you have to change the default web browser, you have to tell it which files you don't want Edge to open... PDFs are particularly irritating, because Edge can't handle even slightly complicated PDF forms. Then you have to tell it not to open links from Outlook with Edge. It has its filthy, incompetent little tentacles everywhere.