Press Uninstall in the pop-up menu again to confirm. Once you’ve found Edge, click the entry and press Uninstall to begin the removal.From here, click Apps > Apps & Features and find Microsoft Edge in the list (or by using the search bar). Right-click the Start menu icon and click Settings to begin.If you’ve installed the new, Chrome-based Microsoft Edge yourself from the Microsoft website, then you can remove this like any other Windows app from the Windows Settings menu. Using The Windows 10 Uninstall Menu (For Manual Edge Installations)
If you insist on disabling Edge, then you’ll need to remember this warning, as it could result in complications at a later date. This will ensure that, in almost every situation, your third-party browser is used for the web. Some core Windows features will rely on Edge, but you can (for the most part) bypass it entirely by setting another browser as your default web browser and ignoring Edge completely. The delivery model for the new Edge was a significant departure from Microsoft's history of shipping Edge and Internet Explorer with new versions of Windows as part of the operating system.There are options to stop, hide, and otherwise disable Edge if you don’t want to use it, but this isn’t necessarily the best thing to do. But then again, you don't have to use them, and in many cases you can easily download alternatives. SEE: Cheat sheet: Windows 10 PowerToys (free PDF) (TechRepublic)Įdge is far from the only app that cannot be uninstalled – as Ed Bott points out, across Windows, Mac and Android there are plenty of apps that you can't just get rid of. Now the company has updated its advisory again to explain that "because Windows supports applications that rely on the web platform, our default web browser is an essential component of our operating system and can't be uninstalled." The updated explanation was first noticed by Windows Latest. Low-code software makes employers more attractive Microsoft Autopatch makes Windows Patch Tuesday a breeze Is your Windows license legal? Should you even care?
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