How to i finally get rid of Edge!


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Mike 8

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have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
 

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You don't. Microsoft said so.
 

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Mike 8 said:
have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
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Hello, Mike.

Welcome to the forum.

Personally I've not tried to remove Edge, as I use it. But you may find the following thread worth a read... Uninstalling Edge

Take care.
 

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Mike 8 said:
have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
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You can no longer uninstall Edge as it is intertwined with the OS and the widgets.
Just ignore it by not making it your default browser.
 

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WXC said:
Hello, Mike.

Welcome to the forum.

Personally I've not tried to remove Edge, as I use it. But you may find the following thread worth a read... Uninstalling Edge

Take care.
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This method is no longer working as MS has removed the ability to uninstall from their own installer.
Unless you find an .exe from version 106 and up, I believe.
 

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Mike 8 said:
have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
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How to remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 10

Want to remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 10? We show you how to get the job done
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How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge From Windows 11

Microsoft Edge has made major strides since its release, but it may still not be your ideal browser.
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Yes... uninstalling EDGE will break Widgets, but LOL... no great loss there. :-)


After messing around with EDGE uninstall many times... I came up with my own solution.
Bitdefender Internet Security. I just blocked EDGE and it's updater in Bitdefender's firewall, and disabled EDGE in the Task Manager Startup list... problem solved.

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That way... for those one or two times I have to use it, it's still there and I can temporarily unblock it.





The more Microsoft "junk" you safely remove... the better... in my opinion.

00000 REVO Junk Removal.jpg
 
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>>The more Microsoft "junk" you safely remove... the better... in my opinion.

That is so true. I let Microsoft back in thinking that they might have grown up a bit. Eleven wasn't so bad at the start, but so much crap is getting thrown into it that I'm bordering on wiping the Windows partition. Eleven gets in the way of productivity, rather than enabling it.
 

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Not everything but Winaero Tweaker does the job for me -

Screenshot 2024-10-29 082514.png
disabled lots of annoyances ;-)
 
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I just use this and click on (No) just to remove Edge Browser Only. The Widgets still work as they rely on WebView2 to work which I leave installed.
(Edge Remover v17.17)
 

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