Just like Internet Explorer was, right now Edge is the default browser of the operating system. Many of the functions and features depend on it and its APIs, so if we remove it, we may have more problems than benefits. The first thing that we will find is that, if we do not have another browser installed before, we will not be able to visit any website. Fortunately, the Mozilla Firefox foundation browser is available in the Microsoft Store, so we won’t have any problem uninstalling Edge without previously installing another browser. At the time of updating this article, Chrome is not available, but Opera is.
Also, many of the Windows programs and plug-ins that depend on this browser will stop working. We are talking, for example, about Cortana, or the Windows search engine itself. Without him WebView of Edge, these functions will not be able to work correctly, and, in addition to not being able to use them, they will give us errors all the time. Even many UWP apps may not be able to run because they are web-based apps.
Just like Chrome is the browser that works best on Android and the one that works best with its web services (Gmail, Drive, Photos and others) and Safari is the best browser for iOS and macOS, the best browser for Windows in terms of consumption of resources and performance is Edge, since it is integrated in the system. The same is true of Windows Defender, the native antivirus that Microsoft makes available to all Windows 10 and Windows 11 users.
Finally, if we have created our own webapps from the Microsoft browser, we must know that we will not be able to use them either. As we see, we have much more to lose than to gain. And, in addition, in any update Microsoft can reinstall Edge if it does not find it in the system, which means wasting time deleting it again.
If we don’t want problems, it is better to leave Edge installed how are you doing. With not using it, there is no more. And, if we have deleted it, we can easily install it again by searching for it from our main browser, from the Microsoft Store, or with the corresponding PowerShell command. And, once installed, configure another default browser in Windowssuch as Google Chrome or Firefox.
Remove Edge from taskbar
It may happen that, if in the end we decide to leave the browser installed, and use another, we do not want to see the Edge icon on the taskbar all the time either. In that case, what we should do is unpin it from there. To do this, we right-click on the icon, and choose the “Unpin from taskbar” option. Done, the icon will automatically disappear from there, without having to uninstall or delete it.
Regardless of whether we use Windows 10 or Windows 11, it is easy to also be annoyed by the browser icon on the right side of the start menu. Therefore, to remove it from there, the process is the same: we right-click and choose the “Unpin” option. And that’s it, it won’t appear there anymore. If we need to use it in the future, we can still find it in the list of installed programs (just like any other program).
Uninstall Edge on old Windows
Therefore, at the time, many decided to install it at their own risk to test it as soon as possible, with absolutely bad results. But of course, as was to be expected, what the firm wants is for this program to reach all users of windows, one way or another. First of all, you have to know that this new version of Microsoft’s web browser can not only be installed and used on Windows, but is also compatible with windows 78.1 and other competing systems.
Well, once we know all this, it is also interesting to know that in the event that we install the new Microsoft Edge Chromium manually, we can uninstall it. Of course, this will only be possible if we are still using Windows 7, 8.1, or a very, very old version of Windows 10, where the browser has not yet been installed automatically. In any of these cases, we recommend updating the computer, since we will be running an unnecessary risk by using unsupported software.
On these older versions of Windows, this is because it installs like any other app on the Redmond’s system. That is why, when the time comes, if we want to get rid of it, we can do it, for example, from the Control Panel itself.
Thus, it is enough to access the section Programs / uninstall a program with this functionality, so that we can already see an entry that says Edge. Therefore, we will only have to uninstall it with the right mouse button mouse. It must be said that we can do the same from the Settings application, which we access through the Win + I key combination.
Here, when accessing the Applications section, in the list that appears we can already see the entry corresponding to microsoft edge. Therefore, to eliminate the program, we will only have to click on the Uninstall button.
But this yes, in the event that it is the operating system itself, Windows, the one that installs it through Windows Update, the option to uninstall for Edge it will no longer be so simple. Therefore, at this point, the best thing we can do is use another Windows function that will be of great help in this case. Specifically, we refer to the Command Prompt or CMD.
Delete Dev, Beta and Canary versions
If our Windows came with another browser, such as the classic Edge, or Internet Explorer, as we have seen, we can uninstall it without problems. And another way to do it is if, although we already have the new Edge as the only browser, we have installed the development versions of it by hand, such as the Beta, the Canary, or the Dev.
If so, the process to uninstall these versions manually is the same. We just have to go to the applications and features section, or to the Control Panel, look for the version of the browser that we have installed, and delete it without further ado.
Being a version that we have installed by hand, we will not have any impediment to do so.
How to forcefully erase Edge
If the program to move around Internet has come to us through Windows Update, it will no longer appear in the control Panel. At the same time, as far as the Settings application is concerned, the Uninstall button will appear in Applications in gray, so we will not be able to remove it, at least in this way. Therefore, those who want to get rid of it anyway can do so via Command Prompt.
As many users are now checking, the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser can be installed manually. But if this is not carried out, Windows Update installs it automatically so that we have it. It is worth mentioning that this is something that is done automatically on devices with Windows 11, 10, 8, 8.1 and Windows 7.
Thus Microsoft Edge installed automatically by windows update replaces the classic Edge. But the problem comes later for all those who later want to get rid of it, since they cannot do it using the classic methods, as we have mentioned. However, if you do not want to use this new program from Microsoft itself and you want to save that disk space, we are going to give you a solution. To do this we will have to use the Windows Command Prompt that we talked about earlier. This is something that, although it seems complicated, it is not. In fact, we are going to detail the steps that you have to take in this regard from its corresponding window.
Uninstall Edge Chromium from CMD
Thus, we tell you that you can still remove the new Edge and bring back the old Edge, or install Edge manually so that it does not do it automatically. We are going to achieve all this that we are talking about through a command prompt window of Windows itself. As many of you already know, in order to access this integrated functionality, the first thing we do is use the command CMD that we type in the search bar located next to the Start menu.
This is an element that we have to execute as administrator through the right mouse button on the icon of the Symbol of the system. Next, the corresponding window will open. Therefore, at this point, we will have to copy and paste the commands that we present below, one by one.
C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft/Edge/Application//Installer setup.exe –uninstall –system-level –verbose-logging –force-uninstall
It must be said that the first one corresponds to the disk path where the program is located as such, so it could vary slightly in each case. equipment. And it is that what this first command does is place us in the disk path of Edge.
Next, once in the folder in question, we can type the second of the exposed commands. Next, Windows will ask us if we want Edge to make changes to the system, which we accept for removal. In this way, once the manual uninstallation process of Edge Chromium has finished, we can access the old Edge if we use Windows 10. We also have the possibility of install the new Edge manually in order to be able to eliminate it by traditional methods whenever we want. On Windows 11, the old version of Edge is not available, so the only version available is the Chromium-based one, which Microsoft released in 2021.
As we can see, before carrying out this process, it is necessary to know what is the version of microsoft edge that we have installed on the computer. One option is to access the list of applications that we have installed on our computer and another, from the browser itself, we access the configuration menu by clicking on the 3 horizontal points, and within the menu access Help and Comments > About Microsoft Edge. The browser configuration options window will open. The version number is at the top.
As many of you may already know this CMD The Command Prompt window is used by many more advanced Windows users. From here and based on commands we have the possibility to carry out certain tasks that are not possible from the graphical interface of the operating system. But at the same time we recommend that you know well what you are doing in this section, since otherwise you could damage the system without realizing it
Remove Edge from Windows with PowerShell
Another method that we can also use to remove Microsoft Edge is using PowerShell, we could call it the vitamin CMD available in Windows 10 and Windows 11. To use PowerShell to remove Edge from Windows, the first thing we must do is open it with administrator permissions , a process that we can do by clicking on the Windows start button with the right mouse button and selecting Windows PowerShell (Administrator).
Next, we write the following command
get-appxpackage…
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