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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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I hope this is helpful! Best Regards, Utkarsh
I agree with you, however, when a person selects a default browser, that is the browser that should be opened for all applications. If someone wants to use a different browser, most likely they will know how to select it.
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Microsoft seem to be losing the plot - hinting that one of my favourite productivity keys, "Print Screen", is to go.
Win10 has turned my PC screens in cell-phone screens.
I have two PC's for work use and am fed up with Win10 auto features.
They interfere with work and I waste time returning to a screen that vanishes.
There seems to be a catalogue of instructions on the web showing how to immobilise Win10 features.
And I find Win Edge annoying - It assumes people are idiots.
To get back to 'normal' productivity I'm re-installing XP.
I guess you have not experienced Windows 11. I tried it, really tried. Could not do it. Returned my brand new computer which had Windows 11 installed. Microsoft and I have become completely out of sync. Windows is now entirely DO IT THEIR WAY. Their apps, their browser (Edge), their cloud storage. I went back to Win 10, but still favor Win 7.
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Microsoft seem to be losing the plot - hinting that one of my favourite productivity keys, "Print Screen", is to go.
Win10 has turned my PC screens in cell-phone screens.
I have two PC's for work use and am fed up with Win10 auto features.
They interfere with work and I waste time returning to a screen that vanishes.
There seems to be a catalogue of instructions on the web showing how to immobilise Win10 features.
And I find Win Edge annoying - It assumes people are idiots.
To get back to 'normal' productivity I'm re-installing XP.